Yep, Laurence, <br/><br/>
Spring Pearl :  the last flower / 

 - Middleton, Wis. :  Pleasant Co. Publications,  c2002. 
 - 204 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  19 cm. 
<br/><br/> "American girl." 
<br/><br/> Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year-old orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opim War in Canton, China. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1584855193  1584855959 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families<br/>Orphans<br/>Sex role
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>971 PLE 2002 A111 Or.