| "Ever since I remember, I wanted to know about the Land of the Golden Mountain, but my mother never wanted to talk about it..." (from the first line) 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 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.
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An 8-year-old a boy named Moon Shadow leaves his home in China and sets sail for America where he is to be reunited with his father, who immigrated to the United States before Moon Shadow was born. Once in America Moon Shadow helps his father, Windrider, fulfill a fabulous dream. This novel, set in the early 1900s, is based on a historical account of a Chinese immigrant in the United States who built a flying machine. A 1976 Newbery Honor Book.
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