Book, In the tea leaves: the secret of Chinese letters[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. The tea leaves contain a charming correspondence between two girls. They don't know each other personally and an atmosphere of suspense invades their lives, when they discover that they may be more connected than they imagine... Gabriela lives in Rio de Janeiro, is thirteen years old and her grandmother is sick. He Juhua lives in Beijing, is the same age, and his grandfather is also not well. The two girls didn't know each other until Gabi decides to write a letter addressed to a Chinese tea house seeking help for her grandmother's illness. He Juhua is the one who responds and the two girls begin to exchange an exciting and curious correspondence, immediately replacing the envelope with the speed of email. The differences between Brazil and China, allopathic and traditional Chinese medicine, dating in the 50s and today are some of the topics of these conversations. They will also discover a mysterious connection between the two. The authors of this book — one Brazilian and the other Chinese — also did not know each other when they created this delicate story, during an intense exchange of emails. In the Tea Leaves was created by Flávia Lins e Silva so that our young reader can come into contact with writers and environments from other cultures.