American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices Laurence Yep and Kam Mak

Review "An East-meets-West collection that kids will enjoy." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "These writings speak to both Asian Americans and the general population. (An) enlightening anthology." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred review) Product Description The dragon, a symbol of Asian art and mythology, appears in many guises and is always adaptable -- a survivor par excellence. Asian Americans display this same supple strength as they move between their Asian culture and their American one. In American Dragons, Laurence Yep brings together twenty-five talented writers, each with a different story about the Asian American experience: - A Chinese American girl struggles to find her place in a suburban high school without denying her true intelligence. - A young woman is torn when her romantic feelings clash with the expectations of her Vietnamese parents. - A twenty-first-century teenager and his aging grandfather learn that it is possible to live in the future without losing touch with the past. About the Author Laurence Yep is the author of The Imp That Ate My Homework. He received Newbery Honors in 1975 for Dragonwings and in 1994 for Dragon's Gate.Mr. Yep lives in Pacific Grove, California.