Dragonwings by: Laurence Yep is about an eight year Chinese boy, Moon Shadow, who leaves his mother in China to join his father in California. Moon Shadow is frightened and uncertain about the journey as he has never met his father and has had heard horror stories about the 'demons' (white people). Moon Shadow meets his father and begins to form a relationship with him as well as learn about the new land he is living in. His father realizes his dream of making a flying machine with the help of Moon Shadow and sets out to make his dream come true despite the hardships.
At first, I was not impressed by the story. I found my mind drifting as I read the first chapter and had to go back to reread it. As the story developed so did my interest. It was very good and interesting to see what it was like for these people so long ago. This story would be great to use when teaching about discrimination because this story takes place in the early 1900's when Chinese immigrants were being harshly discriminated against. I am glad that I read this book, as I probably normally would have not.
Other works by Laurence Yep include:
The Butterfly Boy
The Man Who Tricked a Ghost
Tiger Woman
Auntie Tiger
The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes
Tongues Of Jade
Cockroach Cooties
Angelfish
Skunk Scout
Hiroshima
Liar, Liar
Child Of The Owl
Sea Glass
He has written a variety of novels. collections, and children's books. There are entirely to many for me to list!
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