Laurence Yep

Presentation of Laurence Yep Laurence Yep is known for creating brilliant and complex characters based on his own experience. Yes, the most famous piece is Dragon Wing. She has won numerous awards including Newbery Honor of 1976, Children's Book Award of the International Reading Association of 1976, and the famous Children's Book Award of the American Library Association of 1975 (Johnson-Feelings 353). The story begins at the turn of this century. The moon moves to America, and I live with my father I have not seen before.

"Dragon wing" is a child's historical novel published by Lawrence Yepp in 1975. It pioneered the following "Golden Mountain Chronicle" which is the fifth record of the sequence of ten stories published as of 2012. The book is used in the school's classroom and is adapted to the drama under its original title. The main character is Moon Shadow Lee or China's Lee Moon Shadow. Moon Shadow grew up in China, never met with his father, visited the American "Golden Mountain" and received a family laundry service for "White Devil" (Americans). When the shadow of the moon reaches 9 (8 in the US calculation), when the hand clap of a distant relative returned to China for a visit and the hand clap returned to the United States, Moon Shadow walked with him It was. Moon Shadow soon met with his father and received several wonderful gifts from his father, uncle and new friends. From his uncle, he received a new pair of black leather boots.

According to Laurence Yep's father's 1922 immigration interview record, this short story tells the tragic experience of 10-year old Gim Lew. To prove that he is the person he claims. It was a San Francisco Chinatown in the early 1950s, and everyone was excited about the next Lunar New Year Festival. When his cousin Petey disappointed him, Artie boasted that he would have so many firecrackers that he could give each family every one. Chester's uncle compasses and promises to help Artie fulfill his promise, but as the holiday approaches it seems increasingly impossible. Uncle Chester lost money on that truck and could not find a job, and Artie spent all his money.

When immigrating to a new country, immigration living becomes very difficult. They are often discriminated on the basis of race or nationality. This problem has appeared many times in Laurence Yep's book "Dragonwings". In his book, kanji emigrated to the United States faces many challenges in their new life. They are considered inferior and must withstand a lot of hardships. Because they have to leave the majority of their families and become lonely. In this book immigrants face multiple difficulties and challenges in a new world called Kanayama's land.