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Dragonwings golden mountain chronicles: 1903

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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.

Inspired by the story of a Chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909, the Newbery Honor–winning

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Series Title

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Call Number

895 YEP d

Publisher

London : HarperCollins., 1957

Collation

317 p. ; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780064400855

Classification

800

Content Type

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Media Type

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Carrier Type

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Juvenile Fiction
Translated Literature

Specific Detail Info

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Statement of Responsibility

Laurence Yep

Other Information

Level

Middle School

Book Segment

Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Connecting

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