Dragonwings
by Laurence Yep
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Moon Shadow was eight when he sailed from China to join his father Windrider in America. Windrider lived in San Francisco's Chinatown and worked in a laundry. Moon Shadow had never seen him. But he soon loved and respected this father, a man of genius, a man with a fabulous dream. And with Moon Shadow's help, Windrider was willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and the longing for his wife and his own country to make his dream come true. Inspired by the account of a Chinese immigrant who made a flying machine in 1909, Laurence Yep's historical novel beautifully portrays the rich traditions of the Chinese community as it made its way in a hostile new world. - Back cover.
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Chinese Americans, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Children's plays, American, Fiction, History, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Chinatown, Newbery Honor, Children's fiction, Chinese americans, fiction, Large type books, Aeronautics, Accelerated Reader, 6.6., Fathers and sons -- Juvenie fiction, Fathers and songsPlaces
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Newbery Honor Book, 1976
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, 1976
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A young boy travels from rural China to San Francisco in 1903 to join his father who lives and works in Chinatown. Everything about America is strange to him- the language, the clothes, the houses, the food, the customs, and the calendar. He learns to adapt, makes new friends, and experiences the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Throughout the book he and his fellow Chinese share many folktales and customs from their home country.
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