1.0BookDragonhttps://apa.si.edu/bookdragonSmithsonian Asian Pacific American Centerhttps://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/author/riemert/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OQOEoLgAez"><a href="https://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/china-boy-by-gus-lee/">China Boy by Gus Lee [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/china-boy-by-gus-lee/embed/#?secret=OQOEoLgAez" width="600" height="338" title="“China Boy by Gus Lee [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]” — BookDragon" data-secret="OQOEoLgAez" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://apa.si.edu/bookdragon/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/1997/03/China-Boy.jpg323500Soon after Kai Ting, the only American-born son of a once noble Chinese family now living in San Francisco, loses his beloved mother, his father remarries and brings home a cold, uncaring stepmother. Kai finds sanctuary at the YMCA where he learns to fight his battles, not only on the rough city streets, but finally at home with his overdominant stepmother. Review: "Asian American Titles," What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997 Readers: Adult Published: 1991