|
Laurence Yep - DragonwingsPrice Range:
$2.00 to $22.00
<P><B><CENTER>Will Windrider<BR> take to the skies?</CENTER></B></P><P>Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his...
Read More
<P><B><CENTER>Will Windrider<BR> take to the skies?</CENTER></B></P><P>Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met.</P><P>But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country'even the great earthquake'to make his dream come true.</P> <P> <awards> 1976 Newbery Honor Book<br>Notable Children's Books of 1971?1975 (ALA)<br>1976 Boston Globe?Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction<br>1976 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)<br>"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966?1978 (SLJ)<br>Outstanding Children's Books of 1975 (NYT)<br>1976 Children's Book Award (IRA)<br>Children's Choices for 1976 (IRA/CBC)<br>Notable 1975 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)<br>1976 Carte
Minimize
|
| Sort by: Featured Store | Tax & shipping for 90209 | Change ZIP |
| Product | Store | Rating | Base Price | Tax | Shipping | Your Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Featured Store
|
|
$1.84 |
$0.15
|
$3.99
In stock
|
|
| Description: Pages: 336, Edition: 25th, Paperback, HarperTrophy More at Amazon Marketplace | |||||
|
Note:
Fantastic prices with ease & comfort of Amazon.com!
|
|||||
|
Featured Store
|
Barnes & Noble.com
|
$6.99 |
$0.58
|
$3.99
In stock
|
|
| Description: In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine. More at Barnes & Noble.com | |||||
|
Note:
Extra 15% off 1 Item. Code: M8H7N3F. Exp 12/3
|
|||||
|
|
|
$6.99 |
No tax
|
$3.99
In stock
|
|
| Description: Pages: 336, Edition: 25th, Paperback, HarperTrophy More at Amazon | |||||
|
Note:
Get free shipping on orders over $25!
|
|||||
|
|
|
$16.89 |
No tax
|
$3.99
In stock
|
|
| Description: Pages: 256, Hardcover, HarperCollins More at Amazon | |||||
|
Note:
Get free shipping on orders over $25!
|
|||||
|
|
|
$21.86 |
No tax
|
$3.99
In stock
|
|
| Description: Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, HarperChildrensAudio More at Amazon | |||||
|
Note:
Get free shipping on orders over $25!
|
|||||
|
|
|
$8.99 |
$0.74
|
See Store
In stock
|
|
| Description: Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, HarperChildrensAudio More at Amazon Marketplace | |||||
|
Note:
Fantastic prices with ease & comfort of Amazon.com!
|
|||||
| Why are these stores listed? |
|
||||
| Key Information | |
| Authors | Laurence Yep |
| Narrator | B.D. Wong |
| Fiction Genre | Family & Relationships • Juvenile Fiction |
| Fiction Subgenre | Unknown |
| Awards | 1976 Horn Book Award |
| Book Editions | |
|
Format: Audio - Compact Disc
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens (September 01, 2007) Measurements: 5.75"(h) x 5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.4 lbs. ISBN: 9780061493362 |
|
| First Line | |
| Ever since I remember, I wanted to know about the Land of the Golden Mountain, but my mother never wanted to talk about it. | |
|
Review Summary
|
2 Reviews from Epinions.com
|
| Overall Rating: |
|
Learning to Fly, Like People In History... Laurence Yep's Dragonwings
Pros: An inspired (and inspiring) story and a brilliant evocation of early 20th Century San Francisco. Cons: Crickets chirp. Bottom Line: I loved this book!
Pros: A very inspirational and sensitive novel, I love it! Cons: There is nothing I did not like about this book. |
| Lowest Price: Amazon Marketplace $5.98 |
| You have no recently viewed items |
|
