{"product_id":"dragonwings","title":"Preloved: Dragonwings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor over fifty years, Lawrence Yep has taken generations of readers on the adventure of a lifetime in his Newbery Honor–winning classic middle grade novel, Dragonwings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoon Shadow only knows two things about his father, Windrider: he lives in San Francisco and used to craft beautiful kites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day shortly after his eighth birthday, Cousin Hand Clap arrives with a letter from Windrider asking Moon Shadow to join him in San Francisco. When Moon Rider arrives in America he learns that his father makes a living doing laundry and dreams of building a flying machine just like the Wright brothers. But making this fantastical dream a reality proves to be no easy task, as intolerance, poverty, and even an earthquake stand in their way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the story of a Chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909, the Newbery Honor–winning Dragonwings touches on the struggles and dreams of Chinese immigrants navigating opportunity and prejudice in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fiftieth anniversary edition includes Laurence Yep’s new preface about the creation of the novel and a biography of the real aviator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd don’t miss these other titles from Laurence Yep:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·        Child of the Owl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·        Dragon’s Gate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·        The Dragon’s Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·        The Tiger’s Apprentice (now a movie on Paramount+)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The CuriosiTea Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43831994089535,"sku":"P9780064400855","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/0619\/3727\/files\/EC6DB23E-BDF0-4B81-82DE-26D15B61EFA9.jpg?v=1788634050","url":"https:\/\/curiositeabookshop.com\/products\/dragonwings","provider":"The CuriosiTea Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}