{"id":7597,"date":"1997-03-02T20:25:25","date_gmt":"1997-03-03T00:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:09","slug":"china-boy-by-gus-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/china-boy-by-gus-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"China Boy by Gus Lee [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/China-Boy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33087\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/China-Boy.jpg\" alt=\"China Boy\" width=\"323\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Soon 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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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. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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