The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep with Dr. Kathleen S. Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]
Based on more than 80-year-old actual immigration interviews, Laurence Yep imagines the conversation he never had with his father about his father’s 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.
Tidbit: Yep was a guest at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program’s literary event, “Three Chinese American Children’s Book Authors,” on November 6, 2005, together with Belle Yang. Da Chen had also been scheduled to attend – hence the three authors, ahem – but had to cancel at the last minute, alas.
Readers: Middle Grade, Young Adult
Published: 2008
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