The Dragon's Child - A Story of Angel Island

Did you want to go to America? Pop: Sure. I didn''t have a choice. My father said I had to go. So I went. Were you sad when you left your village? Pop: Maybe a little . . . well, maybe a lot. Ten-year-old Gim Lew Yep knows that he must leave his home in China and travel to America with the father who is a stranger to him. Gim Lew doesn''t want to leave behind everything that he''s ever known. But he is even more scared of disappointing his father. He uses his left hand, rather than the "correct" right hand; he stutters; and most of all, he worries about not passing the strict immigration test administered at Angel Island. The Dragon''s Child is a touching portrait of a father and son and their unforgettable journey from China to the land of the Golden Mountain. It is based on actual conversations between two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep and his father and on research on his family''s immigration history by his niece, Dr. Kathleen S. Yep.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Yep, Laurence Yep, Laurence/ Yep Yep
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2008
• EAN: 9780060276928
• ISBN: 978-0-06-027692-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 215 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / New Experience, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Art, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration, JUVENILE FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 21st Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Places / Middle East, JUVENILE FICTION: Asian American & Pacific Islander