Landed - Hardcover
Landed - Hardcover
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by Milly Lee (Author), Yangsook Choi (Illustrator)
"Choi's lovely, somber, full-page watercolors and Lee's quiet narrative. . .put a human face on the great abstraction of immigration." --Washington Post Book World
Sun is ready to leave his village in China for America, the place known as Gum Saan, Gold Mountain. His father warns him, though, that passage will not be easy. Because of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, new immigrants like Sun are detained at Angel Island until they are called to take a difficult oral exam before they can "land" - leave Angel Island and go ashore. On the boat, Sun had studied maps of his village and memorized facts about his ancestors. But as the weeks pass in detainment, the map's compass points swirl in his memory, and
Sun worries that he will lose his direction and be turned away.
Author Biography
MILLY LEE is the author of Earthquake, also illustrated by Yangsook Choi. She grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown and lives in Santa Rosa, California. YANGSOOK
CHOI has written and illustrated many books for children, including Peach Heaven. She lives in New York City.Curated additions for your library
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