The Laundryman’s Boy Teens Can they stop hating each

Can they stop hating each other long enough to fall in love

Shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Text

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The Laundryman’s Boy Teens Can they stop hating eachFall 1913, St. Catharines, Ontario. Thirteen year old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of an education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada. Hoi Wing is immediately thrust into relentless, mind numbing toil, washing clothes by hand for sixteen hours a day, six days a week. Isolated and friendless, he falls into despair. When he meets Heather, an Irish scullery maid who shares his love of books, Hoi