Dragonwings, Grade 6: Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections

In this historical novel about the pursuit of dreams, Moon Shadow is a young Chinese immigrant who comes to San Francisco at the turn of the century to join his father Windrider, whom he has never met. At first father and son live and work with relatives in the Chinese section of town, but when a man is killed and their lives are endangered, the two move out and make friends with a woman and her granddaughter. The four survive the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but Moon Shadow and his father are forced to move again. With Moon Shadow's help, Windrider begins to pursue some of his long-held dreams. The following collection of thematically related readings is available in this "The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury; "Crazy Boys" by Beverly McLoughland; "The Skydivers" by Joseph Colin Murphey; "The Chinese Must Go" by Bernard A. Weisberger; "Ginger for the Heart" by Paul Yee; and "The Story of an Eyewitness by Jack London