Grades: 3-6
Committee Annotation: In 1922, 10-year-old Gim Lew reluctantly leaves his village in China to go with his father to America, but before they leave he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass, without stuttering, at California's Angel Island.
Subjects: Emigration and Immigration, Fathers and Sons, Chinese Americans, Stuttering, China 1912-1928, Angel Island, San Francisco, California 1850-1950
Author Web Site: none.
This was an interesting book. I never knew that immigrants had to take a test to get into the US. I liked how every chapter started with an interveiw question. Very neat idea!
ReplyDeleteI liked this book very much. It was kind of hard to believe that this was a true story.
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I loved how in every beging there was a question and the answer after it.
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If you like books about immigration, this book will be perfect for you. Yep Gim Lew lives in China with his family. He uses his left hand to write but, in China you must use your right hand because it is the "correct" hand. Yep Gim Lew must leave his home in China and immigrate to America. To do that he must pass the immigration test. To see what happens you should read this book. I really enjoyed this book because it was iteresting and I enjoy books about things that happened in the past. I would highly recommend this book.
This is an awsome book of how life was in the past and how people got immigration test. I love this book cause it's a blast in the past! This book takes place in china and theres a boy named Yep Gim Lew and he goes with his dad to America. But on the way he see a lot of new places like Angel island and san Fransico.
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