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Laurence Yep

Autor(a) de Dragonwings

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About the Author

Laurence Yep was born in San Francisco, California on June 14, 1948. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970 and received a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He primarily writes fiction for young adults, but has also written and edited mostrar mais several works for adults. His first novel, Sweetwater, was published in 1973. His other books include Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate, Shadow Lord, Child of the Owl, The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island. He has won numerous awards for his work including the Newbery Medal Honor Book, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Laurence Yep

Dragonwings (1975) 2,462 exemplares
Dragon's Gate (1993) 1,548 exemplares
The Star Fisher (1991) 906 exemplares
Hiroshima (1995) 835 exemplares
Isabelle (2014) 594 exemplares
Child of the Owl (1977) 469 exemplares
Shadow Lord (1985) 462 exemplares
Mia (2008) 421 exemplares
Dragon of the Lost Sea (1987) 412 exemplares
Cockroach Cooties (2000) 376 exemplares
Spring Pearl: The Last Flower (2002) 347 exemplares
The Rainbow People (1989) 312 exemplares
Later, Gator (1995) 273 exemplares
Dragon Steel (1985) 198 exemplares
Designs by Isabelle (2014) 193 exemplares
When the Circus Came to Town (2002) 185 exemplares
The Tiger's Apprentice (2003) 182 exemplares
The Lost Garden (1990) 174 exemplares
Dragon Cauldron (1991) 169 exemplares
To the Stars, Isabelle (2014) 166 exemplares
The Serpent's Children (1984) 158 exemplares
Dragon War (1992) 155 exemplares
Ribbons (1996) 131 exemplares
The Traitor (2003) 130 exemplares
American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices (1995) — Editor — 124 exemplares
Bravo, Mia! (2008) 123 exemplares
City of Fire (2009) 122 exemplares
Thief of Hearts (1995) 114 exemplares
The Man Who Tricked A Ghost (1995) 109 exemplares
Mountain Light (1985) 101 exemplares
The Junior Thunder Lord (1994) 91 exemplares
Sweetwater (1973) 90 exemplares
Dream Soul (2000) 89 exemplares
The Magic Paintbrush (2000) 86 exemplares
The Case of the Goblin Pearls (1997) 85 exemplares
City of Dragons (1995) 79 exemplares
The Amah (1999) 75 exemplares
Dragon Road (2008) 74 exemplares
Angelfish (1841) 74 exemplares
Sea Glass (1979) 69 exemplares
The Case of the Lion Dance (1998) 65 exemplares
The Cook's Family (1998) 65 exemplares
Tiger's Blood (2004) 62 exemplares
Dragons of Silk (2011) 59 exemplares
The Ghost Fox (1605) 56 exemplares
Tiger Woman (1995) 48 exemplares
Tiger Magic (2006) 44 exemplares
City of Ice (2011) 42 exemplares
Tongues of Jade (1991) 41 exemplares
Monster Makers, Inc. (1986) 41 exemplares
The Case of the Firecrackers (1999) 40 exemplares
The Star Maker (2010) 38 exemplares
Seademons (1977) 37 exemplares
The Imp That Ate My Homework (1998) 35 exemplares
The Curse of the Squirrel (1987) 34 exemplares
The Butterfly Boy (1993) 30 exemplares
Auntie Tiger (2008) 24 exemplares
City of Death (2013) 24 exemplares
The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes (1994) 18 exemplares
Liar, Liar (1983) 15 exemplares
The Mark Twain Murders (1982) 12 exemplares
Kind Hearts and Gentle Monsters (1982) 12 exemplares
The Tom Sawyer Fires (1984) 9 exemplares
Gl Dragonwings/Rdgs G7 2000 (2000) 7 exemplares
Isabelle in the City eShort (2014) 5 exemplares
Breaker's Bridge 2 exemplares
Thestar Fisher 1 exemplar
The Selchey Kids 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contribuidor — 764 exemplares
World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 (1969) — Contribuidor — 178 exemplares
Quark/2 (1971) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Protostars (1971) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Strange Bedfellows (1973) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night (1945) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Visions of Tomorrow: An Interstellar Collection (1976) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Demon Kind (11-in-1) (1973) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Alfa Vier: SF-Verhalen (1976) 12 exemplares

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Found: YA?? Fantasy-ish, eastern dragon?? em Name that Book (Setembro 2021)
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side note: I think it's weird that my tags on one edition don't carry over to another, but perhaps that's in case people use tags for shelf organizing? I dunno.

Ribbons is the first of several books that follow Robin, an eleven year old biracial dancer. Robin's parents want to bring over her maternal grandmother from Hong Kong to live with them in San Francisco (re-reading as an adult, I recognize a temporal sign post: a few years prior to Great Britain "returning" the colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, though you could pick up on this being a '90s book with corded phones, cassette tapes, and giant heavy camcorders). However, the process is expensive and requires sacrifices... like ending ballet lessons for Robin. To her, dance is freedom so she becomes very resentful when Grandmother finally arrives and her life feels upended, moving in with her brother so Grandmother can have her room, etc.

Upon reread, I noticed that the Ribbons books (for lack of a series title) all tie into fairy tales- The Cook's Family was Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, The Amah was Cinderella, and this one is the Little Mermaid (I don't remember what Angelfish connects to, though). Robin & Grandmother eventually connect over the shared understanding of walking through pain to be free, setting up for a really lovely dynamic between grandparent and grandchild.

Skirting around the edges of Ribbons is also the concept of face: Robin's parents don't want people to know the reason ballet lessons are on pause is because they can't afford it, and while Robin's uncles Eddie and Georgie are seemingly successful, it very much looks like a front to look prosperous (luckily, Grandmother cuts to the core and puts her children in line). There's a fair amount of self-sacrificing and then lying to others pretending everything's fine, which I feel is such a specific cultural note that rings true.

Like The Cook's Family cover, I do think this was a missed opportunity to show a mixed-race child, but also as an ABC I appreciate putting Robin on the cover at all because Laurence Yep's books were among the few that had kids with similar backgrounds to me, that look like me.
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Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |
Laurence Yep and his niece Dr. Kathleen S. Yep tell the tale of their ancestor, Laurence's father as a ten year old boy immigrating to America and being detained at Angel Island for a few months. First person and based on transcripts from the interviews, this is a good middle grade look at what that journey was like (and thanks to immigration officials, the interviews are chock full of information...) My paternal great-grandparents went through this process (I've seen the transcripts and they are exactly like that: how many stairs are in your house? Who is your neighbor two doors down, and what is their occupation? What's your teacher's name? etc.), so I'll definitely seek out a copy for potential future children.… (mais)
 
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Obras
91
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Membros
16,561
Popularidade
#1,370
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
247
ISBN
506
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