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Dragonwings is a Newbery Honor-winning historical fiction that follows a Chinese immigrant boy adapting to early 1900s San Francisco. The narrative emphasizes resilience, family bonds, and cross-cultural understanding through both everyday challenges and the 1906 earthquake. While the earthquake and some period-typical hardships create moments of tension and sadness, the tone remains hopeful and the content is appropriate for middle-grade readers interested in history and immigration themes.
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A young boy travels from rural China to San Francisco in 1903 to join his father who lives and works in Chinatown. Everything about America is strange to him- the language, the clothes, the houses, the food, the customs, and the calendar. He learns to adapt, makes new friends, and experiences the great San Francisco ea... A young boy travels from rural China to San Francisco in 1903 to join his father who lives and works in Chinatown. Everything about America is strange to him- the language, the clothes, the houses, the food, the customs, and the calendar. He learns to adapt, makes new friends, and experiences the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Throughout the book he and his fellow Chinese share many folktales and customs from their home country.
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- Chinese Americans
- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons
- Children's plays, American
- Fiction
- History
- 1906 San Francisco earthquake
- Chinatown
- Newbery Honor
- Children's fiction
- Chinese americans, fiction
- Large type books
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