I read this and was amazed, too. I only had a library copy, but I keep wanting to go back to it so will have to buy a copy. Giving Tan some money seems like a good plan, too!

The other of his I've read was The Rabbits, with John Marsden, which I decided was the biggest case of jacket-copy false advertising I'd ever seen! It was good (and in a totally different cool illustration style), but the cover flap said the message was all environmentalist, which was FAR from true -- there was a strong condemnation of colonialism as well. I certainly didn't object, but the dishonesty was really striking.