Outdo Yourself Challenge(86/200)
Immigrant Stories(Wrap-up)
Young Readers Challenge
"The Dragon's Child" by Laurence Yep
Product Description(Amazon.com)
Did you want to go to America?
Pop: Sure. I didn't have a choice. My father said I had to go. So I went.
Were you sad when you left your village?
Pop: Maybe a little . . . well, maybe a lot.
Ten-year-old Gim Lew Yep knows that he must leave his home in China and travel to America with the father who is a stranger to him. Gim Lew doesn't want to leave behind everything that he's ever known. But he is even more scared of disappointing his father. He uses his left hand, rather than the "correct" right hand; he stutters; and most of all, he worries about not passing the strict immigration test administered at Angel Island.
The Dragon's Child is a touching portrait of a father and son and their unforgettable journey from China to the land of the Golden Mountain. It is based on actual conversations between two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep and his father and on research on his family's immigration history by his niece, Dr. Kathleen S. Yep.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (March 25, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060276924
ISBN-13: 978-0060276928
MY THOUGHTS: This is a wonderful story told by the author of his family's immigration to America, The land of the Golden Mountain. Gim Lew is 10 years old, stutters and writes with his left hand. Which isn't allowed in his family. He tries to correct the stutter and left handiness. But it doesn't always work. Then his father comes back to China to get him and take him to America. But Gim Lew doesn't want to go and then he is scared he won't pass the immigration test and disappoint his father. Does Gim Lew pass the test? You'll have to read the book to find out.
RATING: 5
IMMIGRANTS STORIES WRAP-UP
My list of books linked to my reviews. I learned so much about other countries and the fight and the determination to survive in America.
Naming Liberty - Jan Yolan
Goodbye Vietnam - Gloria Whelan
Threads West - Reid Lance Rosenthal
The Darkest Evening - William Durbin
The Dragon's Child - Laurence Yep
Dreams in the Golden Country - Kathryn Lasky
3 wonderful people stopped by:
OOH this sounds wonderful!!!
I realised I hadn't stopped by for a while and didn't recognise your blog when I did! Love the new background :)
The Dragon's Child sounds very moving. I have a similar book on my TBR pile, "Little Cricket", by Jackie Brown - the story of a 12-year-old Laotian girl who moves to the US with her brother and grandfather.
Hope all is well
Congratulations on finishing the challenge and thanks for taking part in it! I hope you will consider doing it again next year.
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