The House of Sixty Fathers

Tien Pao and piglet he names "Glory-of-the-Republic" after baby sister "Beauty-of-the-Republic" drift free in storm downriver back to Japanese territory. Following tiny mountain trails back to parents, he meets American aviator. Guerillas sneak them free. Based on real story of boy adopted by squadron of sixty flyers in bunkhouse.

• Author
• Meindert DeJong, Maurice Sendak

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 189

• Publisher
• Harper Collins

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-06-440200-2

• EAN
• 9780064402002

• Settings
• China, Manchuria

• Genres
• childrens, china, fiction, asia, school, juvenile, classics

• Release date
• 1987