Dragonwings
Dragonwings
Yep, Laurence
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HarperCollins
Just the Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles   

Series and Publisher: Golden Mountain Chronicles   

Annotation: Beautiful story of Moon Shadow and his father Windrider, a Chinese immigrant who made a flying machine in 1909.
Genre: [Historical fiction] [Realistic fiction]
 
Reviews: 8
Catalog Number: #81921
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright Date: 1975
Edition Date: 2000 Release Date: 01/23/01
Pages: 317 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-06-440085-9 Perma-Bound: 0-8479-3204-4
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-06-440085-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8479-3204-7
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2001268268
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Subject Heading:
Fathers and sons. Fiction.
Chinese Americans. Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.). History. 20th century. Fiction.
Language: English
Reviews:
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Dragonwings moves listeners to San Francisco in 1903, amidst the transplanted Chinese American community. A recent arrival from China, eight-year-old Moon Shadow helps his father build a flying machine and learns much about himself and his "tough, hardy, patient race." Wong narrates in a quiet, dignified manner that raises the story to new heights.

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Word Count: 68,278
Reading Level: 5.3
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 10.0 / quiz: 111 / grade: Middle Grades+
Reading Counts!: reading level:6.1 / points:14.0 / quiz:Q03319
Lexile: 870L
Guided Reading Level: W
Fountas & Pinnell: W

Newbery Honor Book Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep takes readers on an adventure-filled journey across the world. 

Inspired by the story of a Chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909, Dragonwings touches on the struggles and dreams of Chinese immigrants navigating opportunity and prejudice in San Francisco.

Moon Shadow only knows two things about his father, Windrider: he lives in San Francisco and used to craft beautiful kites.

One day shortly after his eighth birthday, Cousin Hand Clap arrives with a letter from Windrider asking Moon Shadow to join him in San Francisco. When Moon Rider arrives in America he learns that his father makes a living doing laundry and dreams of building a flying machine just like the Wright Brothers. But making this fantastical dream a reality proves to be no easy task, as intolerance, poverty, and even an earthquake stand in their way.

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