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爸爸回来了

Bàba Huílai Le

Dad Comes Home

For two years Anning's dad has been a face on a phone, building a bridge in Kenya. Now he's home -- louder, browner, up at five -- and he feels like a stranger in her room. Then she opens the suitcase he never unpacked.

HSK 220 chapters
  1. Chapter 1
    视频里的爸爸
    Shì Pín Lǐ De Bà Bà
    Dad on the Screen
    about 412 characters
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  2. Chapter 2
    机场
    Jī Chǎng
    The Airport
    about 385 characters
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  3. Chapter 3
    陌生人
    Mò Shēng Rén
    A Stranger
    about 395 characters
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  4. Chapter 4
    礼物
    Lǐ Wù
    Presents
    about 395 characters
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  5. Chapter 5
    早饭
    Zǎo Fàn
    Breakfast
    about 380 characters
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  6. Chapter 6
    放学
    Fàng Xué
    After School
    about 421 characters
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  7. Chapter 7
    肯尼亚的故事
    Kěn Ní Yà De Gù Shì
    Stories from Kenya
    about 412 characters
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  8. Chapter 8
    找工作
    Zhǎo Gōng Zuò
    Looking for Work
    about 415 characters
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  9. Chapter 9
    吵架
    Chǎo Jià
    The Argument
    about 420 characters
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  10. Chapter 10
    奶奶说
    Nǎi Nǎi Shuō
    What Grandma Said
    about 413 characters
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  11. Chapter 11
    爸爸的箱子
    Bà Bà De Xiāng Zi
    Dad's Suitcase
    about 469 characters
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  12. Chapter 12
    阿米娜
    Ā Mǐ Nà
    Amina
    about 484 characters
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  13. Chapter 13
    作文
    Zuò Wén
    The Essay
    about 423 characters
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  14. Chapter 14
    工地
    Gōng Dì
    The Building Site
    about 463 characters
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  15. Chapter 15
    桥
    Qiáo
    The Bridge
    about 461 characters
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  16. Chapter 16
    爸爸的决定
    Bà Bà De Jué Dìng
    Dad Decides
    about 390 characters
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  17. Chapter 17
    学做面
    Xué Zuò Miàn
    Learning to Make Noodles
    about 346 characters
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  18. Chapter 18
    讲台上
    Jiǎng Tái Shàng
    At the Front of the Class
    about 394 characters
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  19. Chapter 19
    一封信
    Yī Fēng Xìn
    A Letter
    about 440 characters
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  20. Chapter 20
    走过桥
    Zǒu Guò Qiáo
    Across the Bridge
    about 472 characters
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  21. More chapters of Bàba Huílai Le are being written.