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Child of the Owl
Contributor(s): Yep, Laurence (Author)

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 ISBN: 081246902X     ISBN-13: 9780812469028
Publisher: Perfection Learning
OUR PRICE: $15.98  

Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1990
* Out of Print *

Annotation: After an injury sends her father to the hospital, Casey is sent to Chinatown to stay with Paw-Paw, her grandmother. There she comes to understand, and even embrace, her Chinese heritage. Sequel to the award-winning "Dragonwings".

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 10-13
Grade Level: 5-8
Lexile Measure: 920(Not Available)
Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.6" L (0.6 lbs) 217 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Locality - San Francisco, California
- Cultural Region - Northern California
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Family
Features: Ikids
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 358
Reading Level: 5.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 10.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
This spellbinding tale of the contradictions and special heritage of growing up Chinese-American is set in early 1960s Chinatown in San Francisco. Child of the Owl combines chiseled fantasy with the anxiety of growing up poor and nonwhite.--Kirkus Reviews. Winner of the Boston GLobe-Horn Book Award for Fiction.
 
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