ICCAL » San Francisco http://wowlit.org/catalog Browse our collection of literature Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:54:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Dragonwings http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780060267384/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780060267384/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:31:27 +0000 Rebecca Ballenger http://wowlit.org/?p=7144 dragonwingsMoon 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.

Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles

Awards:
Newbery Honor Book

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780060267384/feed/ 0 The Alchemyst : The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780385733571/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780385733571/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:52:08 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780385733571/ While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

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