Two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep\'s poignant novel of one Chinese boy\'s journey to Angel Island, the Ellis Island of the West Coast, is based on actual conversations between Yep and his father.
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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.
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.
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.
But he is even more scared of disappointing his father.
Gim Lew doesn\'t want to leave behind everything that he\'s ever known.
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. well, maybe a lot. . .
Were you sad when you left your village? Pop: Maybe a little .
So I went.
My father said I had to go.
I didn\'t have a choice.
Did you want to go to America? Pop: Sure.
Two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep\'s poignant novel of one Chinese boy\'s journey to Angel Island, the Ellis Island of the West Coast, is based on actual conversations between Yep and his father
