In 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China.
He can\'t let them down..
Lee knows his grandparents want a better life for him.
If Lee makes even a single mistake, he could be sent back to China.
Only then will he be allowed to live with his new family.
But first he must pass the test at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco.
If he goes, he will have the chance for a better life.
Being a Paper son means pretending to be the son of a family already in America.
Before his parents died, they spent all of their money buying a Paper son slot for Lee to go to America.
But now Lee must leave all that he knows.
It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee shares with his grandparents.
He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead.
In 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China