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Set in glamorous 1937 Shanghai, ‘Firecracker’ tells a poignant story about turbulent times.

Twins Tiny and Junior, from a Chinese mother and a Sephardic father, are thrilled to attend their parents’ holiday party without knowing the adventure that awaits them.

Tiny receives a firecracker as a gift from her Godfather and she puts it under her pillow and the twins take a dream journey to Hawaii, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Statue of Liberty in the United States.

China is on the brink of war with Japan and the family must emigrate. They embark on a real journey, no less fantastic than the dream and arrive in New York harbor on July 4th, to the accompaniment of bands and fireworks.

The story ends when the twins return to Shanghai many years later.

(from CHINA DAILY)

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