Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep, ISBN# 0-06-440085-9

This book is a beautifully written testament to the courage and industry of the Chinese-Americans of the early 20th century. Moonshadow, an eight-year-old. sails from China to be with a father in San Francisco he has never met. Father has a dream to make a flying machine, and he and his son have to go through much mockery in their pursuit. This is a heart-warming story of father and son and many other characters.