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Laurence Yep

Autor de Dragonwings

91+ Obras 16,616 Miembros 247 Reseñas 7 Preferidas

Sobre El Autor

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 más 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
Créditos de la imagen: Photo credit: Joanne Ryder
(image courtesy of HarperCollins Children's Books)

Series

Obras de Laurence Yep

Dragonwings (1975) 2,467 copias
Dragon's Gate (1993) 1,551 copias
The Star Fisher (1991) 907 copias
hiroshima (1995) 838 copias
Isabelle (2014) 597 copias
Child of the Owl (1977) 470 copias
Shadow Lord (1985) 464 copias
Mia (2008) 423 copias
Dragon of the Lost Sea (1987) 413 copias
Cockroach Cooties (2000) 380 copias
The Rainbow People (1989) 314 copias
Later, Gator (1995) 275 copias
Dragon Steel (1985) 198 copias
Designs by Isabelle (2014) 193 copias
When the Circus Came to Town (2002) 187 copias
The Tiger's Apprentice (2003) 182 copias
The Lost Garden (1990) 174 copias
Dragon Cauldron (1991) 170 copias
To the Stars, Isabelle (2014) 167 copias
The Serpent's Children (1984) 158 copias
Dragon War (1992) 156 copias
Ribbons (1996) 131 copias
The Traitor (2003) 130 copias
American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices (1995) — Editor — 125 copias
Bravo, Mia! (2008) 124 copias
City of Fire (2009) 122 copias
Thief of Hearts (1995) 114 copias
The Man Who Tricked A Ghost (1995) 108 copias
Mountain Light (1985) 102 copias
The Junior Thunder Lord (1994) 91 copias
Sweetwater (1973) 90 copias
Dream Soul (2000) 90 copias
The Magic Paintbrush (2000) 87 copias
City of Dragons (1995) 79 copias
Dragon Road (2008) 75 copias
The Amah (1999) 75 copias
Angelfish (1841) 74 copias
Sea Glass (1979) 69 copias
The Cook's Family (1998) 65 copias
The Case of the Lion Dance (1998) 65 copias
Tiger's Blood (2004) 63 copias
Dragons of Silk (2011) 59 copias
The Ghost Fox (1605) 56 copias
Tiger Woman (1995) 48 copias
Tiger Magic (2006) 43 copias
Tongues of Jade (1991) 42 copias
City of Ice (2011) 42 copias
Monster Makers, Inc. (1986) 41 copias
The Star Maker (2010) 39 copias
Seademons (1977) 37 copias
The Curse of the Squirrel (1987) 34 copias
The Butterfly Boy (1993) 30 copias
City of Death (2013) 24 copias
Auntie Tiger (2008) 24 copias
Liar, Liar (1983) 15 copias
The Mark Twain Murders (1982) 12 copias
The Tom Sawyer Fires (1984) 9 copias

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Visions of Tomorrow: An Interstellar Collection (1976) — Contribuidor — 33 copias
Demon Kind (11-in-1) (1973) — Contribuidor — 18 copias
Alfa Vier: SF-Verhalen (1976) 12 copias

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Debates

Found: YA?? Fantasy-ish, eastern dragon?? en Name that Book (septiembre 2021)
Dragonwings, Laurence Yep en World Reading Circle (septiembre 2013)

Reseñas

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.… (más)
 
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Daumari | 13 reseñas más. | Dec 28, 2023 |

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