Title: Angel Island
Subtitle: conversations with my father
Description: In 1922, ten-year-old Gim Lew reluctantly leaves his village in China to accompany his father to America, but before they go he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass--without stuttering--at California's Angel Island, where strict officials strive to keep out unwanted immigrants. Includes facts about immigration from China and the experiences of the author's family.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Chinese Americans, Fathers and sons, Emigration and immigration, Stuttering, Families, Fathers, Family - Parents, People & Places - United States - Asian American, Social Issues - Emigration & Immigration, Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children: Grades 3-4, Children's fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Chinese americans, fiction, China, fiction, California, fiction, Family, juvenile literature
Places: Angel Island (Calif.), China, California
Time periods: 1850-1950, 20th century, 1912-1928