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Laurence Yep
Presenting Laurence Yep
Laurence Yep is noted for creating vivid and complex characters based on his own experiences.
Yep's most famous work is Dragonwings. It has won several awards, including the Newbery Honor for 1976, the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award for 1976, and the American Library Association's Notable Children's Book Award for 1975 (Johnson-Feelings 353). The story starts at the turn of the century when Moon Shadow moves to America to live with his father who he has never met. Moon Shadow's father, Windrider, is an expert kite maker, but he works in a laundry in San Francisco's Chinatown. The men there are a close group. None of them has
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