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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780064400855 Edition: 25th ISBN: 0064400859 Label: HarperCollins Manufacturer: HarperCollins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: April 06, 1977 Publisher: HarperCollins Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: April 06, 1977 Studio: HarperCollins Editorial Review: Product 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. 1976 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1971-1975 (ALA) 1976 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction 1976 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) "Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966-1978 (SLJ) Outstanding Children's Books of 1975 (NYT) 1976 Children's Book Award (IRA) Children's Choices for 1976 (IRA/CBC) Notable 1975 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1976 Carter G. Woodson Award (NCSS) 1976 Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book 1979 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Children's Books of 1975 (Library of Congress) 1979 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) 1995 Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association) Average Rating:
 Rating:  - DEALS WITH DIFFICULT MATERIAL IN A WAY KIDS WILL UNDERSTANDWhile only more than half way through this book, I find Lawrence Yep writing about subjects that few, if any, novelists for children have dealt with in any seriousness; immigration, drug-abuse, displacement from home, coming of age in America, the experience of the outsider. All of these themes present the issues faced by the characters in "Dragonwings". While some children, as with some adults, may not be mature enough to read this book, and appreciate it for what it offers, others will find themselves ... Read More Rating:  - Dragonwings' Book Review"Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep is a novel I greatly enjoyed reading. I just finished it and highly recommend it because it was a believable book about the conflicts between the T'ang and Americans, with exciting but historical events. A young Chinese boy named Moon Shadow moves to San Francisco to meet his father for the first time. His father dreams of flying and building a glider, and Moon Shadow must find the courage to stand up and not be afraid of the demons, who greatly influence him and the book. Read More Rating:  - A New Beginning in the Land of the Golden MountainIn the book "Dragonwings" it takes place during the early years of immigration. The setting takes place in San Francisco, in the small town where the "Tang" live. From there, Moon Shadow's family face poverty and the fear of the "demons". They also have to deal with the debts Black Dog gives them. Luckily, there are some demons that are kind, like Robin and Ms.Whitlaw. Rating: - A Good Book--4 starsDragonwings is a good book to read because you have a good feeling to know someone's dream came true, like Moonshadow's father's dream. Moonshadow is a young man. When he was just eight years old, he had a chance to join his father who he had never seen before in the United States. He went through a difficult time passing immigration. This book talks about how Chinese people settled down in Chinatown and the experience in 1906 with the big earthquake in San Francisco, and then how Moonshadow and his father relocated ... Read More Rating:  - UpsetI was honestly upset with this book not as good as i thought it would be, I mean the story was just boring overall.The only thing I thought was interesting that they used kites and I would be curious to ask the author why. |
