num_pages: 280
description: In this historical novel about the pursuit of dreams, Moon Shadow is a young Chinese immigrant who comes to San Francisco at the turn of the century to join his father Windrider, whom he has never met. At first father and son live and work with relatives in the Chinese section of town, but when a man is killed and their lives are endangered, the two move out and make friends with a woman and her granddaughter. The four survive the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but Moon Shadow and his father are forced to move again. With Moon Shadow's help, Windrider begins to pursue some of his long-held dreams. The following collection of thematically related readings is available in this book: "The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury; "Crazy Boys" by Beverly McLoughland; "The Skydivers" by Joseph Colin Murphey; "The Chinese Must Go" by Bernard A. Weisberger; "Ginger for the Heart" by Paul Yee; and "The Story of an Eyewitness by Jack London
language: English
title: McDougal Littell Literature Connections: Student Text Dragonwings 1997
titlecomplete: McDougal Littell Literature Connections: Student Text Dragonwings 1997
genres: Fiction, China, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Read For School, Asia, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 4164
places: Chinatown, San Francisco, California
series: Golden Mountain Chronicles
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, name: Carter G. Woodson Award, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association), awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult & Middle School/Junior High (1980)
publisher: MCDOUGAL LITTEL