Title: The star maker
Description: With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.
Subjects: Uncles, Chinese Americans, History, Family life, Chinese New Year, Fiction, Families, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Science fiction
Places: San Francisco, Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.), California, San Francisco (Calif.)
Time periods: 20th century