| Dragonwings Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Yep, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 081243269X ISBN-13: 9780812432695 Publisher: Perfection Learning
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1977 * Out of Print * Annotation: 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." Click for more in this series: Golden Mountain Chronicles (Prebound) |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001268268 |
| Age Level: 10-13 |
| Grade Level: 5-8 |
| Lexile Measure: 870(Not Available) |
| Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles (Prebound) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.6" L (0.60 lbs) 317 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Francisco, California |
| Features: Ikids |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 111 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Will Windrider 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. |
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