![]() ![]() There, Ernest becomes the new houseboy and befriends Maisie, the madam's precocious daughter, and a bold scullery maid named Fahn. The half-Chinese orphan is astounded to learn he will be raffled off-a healthy boy 'to a good home.' The winning ticket belongs to the flamboyant madam of a high-class brothel, famous for educating her girls. But only once he’s there, amid the exotic exhibits, fireworks, and Ferris wheels, does he discover that he is the one who is actually the prize. For twelve-year-old Ernest Young, a charity student at a boarding school, the chance to go to the World’s Fair feels like a gift. ![]() From the publisher: "From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel, inspired by a true story, about a boy whose life is transformed at Seattle’s epic 1909 World’s Fair. ![]()
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