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Golden Mountain Chronicles #1903: Dragonwingsby Laurence Yep
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:< P> < B> < CENTER> Will Windrider< BR> take to the skies?< /CENTER> < /B> < /P> < P> Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met.< /P> < P> But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country'even the great earthquake'to make his dream come true.< /P> Review:"A Chinese immigrant and his son build a flying machine in an unusual historical novel, unique in its perspective of the Chinese in America and its portrayal of early 20th-century San Francisco, including the Earthquake, from an immigrant's viewpoint."(--School Library Journal) Synopsis:take to the skies? Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met. But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country'even the great earthquake'to make his dream come true. Synopsis:For the first time ever, Laurence Yep's sweeping saga of a Chinese family's journey to the Land of the Golden Mountain-America-is being published in one stunningly designed series of volumes as the GOLDEN MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES. About the AuthorLaurence Yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. His illustrious list of novels includes the Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate; When the Circus Came to Town, a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC); The Earth Dragon Awakes, a 2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee; and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island with Dr. Kathleen S. Yep. Mr. Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, the writer Joanne Ryder. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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