Dragonwings
by Yep, Laurence
Series:Golden Mountain Chronicles
Phoenix Award/HonorALA Notable/Best BooksBoston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsNewbery HonorJane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner B8China, People's Republic of8
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AR Book Level
5.3
AR Points
10
Word Count
68,278
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
306234 EN
About this book
Dragonwings is about a young Chinese boy named Moon Shadow who travels from China to San Francisco in the early 1900s to meet his father Windrider, a laundry worker who has never met his son. The story follows their relationship as Windrider pursues his dream of building and flying his own flying machine, and Moon Shadow grows to support and believe in his father's vision. The novel is set against the backdrop of early 20th-century San Francisco and includes the historic 1906 earthquake.