description: Moon Shadow is eight when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco's Chinatown and works in a laundry. Moon Shadow has never seen him.Moon Shadow soon loves and respects this father, a man of genius, a man with a fabulous dream. With Moon Shadow's help, Windrider is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and the longing for his own country to make his dream come true.Inspired by the account of a Chinese immigrant who made a flying machine in 1909, Laurence Yep's historical novel beautifully portrays the rich traditions of the Chinese community as it made its way in a hostile new world.Performed by B.D. WongUnabridged.
language: English
title: Dragonwings
titlecomplete: Dragonwings
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Asia, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School, China
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: HarperFestival