Dragonwings

–My paperback edition has an former cover, matching the hardcover edition. [bc:Dragonwings 3579194 Dragonwings Laurence Yep https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348676995s/3579194.jpg 2831204]

At last, Moon Shadow was allowed to go to the Land of the Demons (America) from the Middle Kingdom (China). He had to always be on guard in America as the demons created danger everywhere. His father's dream was to fly an airplane, a dream that started when his father read about the Wright Brothers attempts to fly in the newspaper. Moon Shadow and his father decided to set out to achieve this dream.

The world of San Francisco in the early 20th century as seen from the eyes of Chinese Americans. And, you guessed it, there is a big sequence that takes place in 1906. In San Francisco.