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Angel Island
Did you want to go to America?
Pop: Sure. I didnât 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 doesnât want to leave behind everything that heâs ever known. But he is even more scared of disappointing his father. He uses his left hand, rather than the âcorrectâ right hand; he stutters; and most of all, he worries about not passing the strict immigration test administered at Angel Island.
The Dragonâs 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 familyâs immigration history by his niece, Dr. Kathleen Yep.
About: In 1922, ten-year-old Gim Lew reluctantly leaves his village in China to accompany his father to America, but before they go he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass--without stuttering--at California's Angel Island, where strict officials strive to keep out unwanted immigrants.
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