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\"Dragon's<\/a>Based on more than 80-year-old actual immigration interviews, Laurence Yep imagines the conversation he never had with his father about his father\u2019s experiences as a nervous young boy who arrived on Angel Island, the West Coast immigration station primarily for incoming Chinese, to live with his father, a virtual stranger. Working together with his Asian American Studies professor niece, Yep re-creates a most poignant story of a father and son who travel thousands of miles away from all that is familiar to become Americans.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Month: A Survey of New & Notable Books,” The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, May\/June 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Tidbit<\/strong>: Yep was a guest at the\u00a0Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program<\/a>\u2019s literary event, “Three Chinese American Children’s Book Authors,”<\/a> on November 6, 2005, together with Belle Yang. Da Chen had also been scheduled to attend \u2013 hence the\u00a0three\u00a0\u00a0authors, ahem \u2013 but had to cancel at the last minute, alas.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Review<\/strong>: “In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Month: A Survey of New & Notable Books,” The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, May\/June 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

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