Theme: Chinese Americans

Dragonwings

By Rebecca | Published: November 3, 2009
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 [...]
Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), United States of America, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Landed

By nersum | Published: June 11, 2007
After leaving his home in southeastern China, twelve-year-old Sun is held and interrogated on Angel Island before being allowed to join his merchant father in San Francisco.
Descriptors: Asia, China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) » Other Themes: , » 1 Comment

Gotta Go! Gotta Go!

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
Although she does not know why or how, a small creepy-crawly bug is certain that she must make her way to Mexico.
Descriptors: Americas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Eric In The Land Of The Insects

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
Nine-year-old Eric enters a landscape painting on his bedroom wall and discovers a world of meadow insects startlingly similar to his own.
Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Netherlands » Tagged » Comments closed

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