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{{infobox book
| name        = Spring Pearl: The Last Flower
| image       = SpringPearlLastFlower.jpg
| imagewidth  = 300px
| caption     = The cover of ''Spring Pearl: The Last Flower''
| published   = 2002
| author      = [[Laurence Yep]]
| illustrator = [[Kazuhiko Sano]]
| isbn        = 1584855193
| setting     = 1857; Canton, China
}}
'''''Spring Pearl: The Last Flower''''' is a book in the [[Girls of Many Lands]] series focusing on [[Chou Spring Pearl]]. It was released in '''2002''' and available with the doll and as a separate purchase. The book was [[Retirement|retired]] with the collection in '''2005'''. Retail cost was ''$7.95''. 

==Characters==

:''See [[Characters in Spring Pearl: The Last Flower]]''

==Chapter by Chapter Summary==

===Chapter One: The Lost Garden ===


===Chapter Two: The Rats' Nest===


=== Chapter Three: The Cage===


===Chapter Four: The Test===


===Chapter Five: Pins and Needles===


===Chapter Six: Miss Weed===


===Chapter Seven: The Power Behind the Throne===


=== Chapter Eight: The Traitor===


=== Chapter Nine: The Collector===


===Chapter Ten: Hope===


===Chapter Eleven: Roots===


===Chapter Twelve: The Return===


===Chapter Thirteen: The Warriors===


===Chapter Fourteen: The Flower===


===[[Looking Back|Then and Now: China]]===

Discusses a girl's life in 1857 China. Topics include:

* The Chinese's deep value to their traditions.
* What married and unmarried girls would have worn.
* How people carried money around.
* What jewelry was made out of and Chinese hairstyles.
* Foot binding and the ethnic groups who didn't bind feet.
* The behavior expected from girls and education.
* Canton's adventurous cuisine.
* Where wealthy, and poor, families lived.
* Why the British attacked China in the First Opium War.
* The Second Opium War and how it changed China.
* The 'Golden Mountain', or America.
* Life in China today.

==Extras==
Each Girls of Many Lands book came with a detachable bookmark inside the back cover. This shows a portion of the illustration at the start of the book. Measures 7 3/16" x 2".

<gallery position="center" widths="150" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
File:SpringPearlBookmark.jpg|The bookmark for ''Spring Pearl: The Last Flower.''
File:GirlsOfManyLandsBookmarkBack1.jpg|The bookmark's reverse side.
</gallery>

[[Category:Girls of Many Lands]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Chou Spring Pearl]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2002]]
[[Category:Retired Books]]

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