American-born Skye is a good student and a star soccer player who never really gives any thought to the fact that her father is Japanese. Her cousin, Hiroshi, lives in Japan, and never really gives a thought to his uncle's family living in the United States. Skye and Hiroshi's lives are thrown together when Hiroshi's family, with his grandfather (who is also his best friend), suddenly moves to the U.S. Now Skye doesn't know who she is anymore: at school she's suddenly too Japanese, but at home she's not Japanese enough. Hiroshi has a hard time adjusting to life in a new culture, and resents Skye's intrusions on his time with Grandfather. Through all of this is woven Hiroshi's expertise, and Skye's growing interest in, kite making and competitive rokkaku kite flying.

Autorentext

Natalie Dias Lorenzi is a teacher, specializing in English as a Second Language. She has taught in Japan and Italy and now teaches is a Washington, DC-area school where 85% of the students are immigrants. She also writes curriculum guides to new books for writers and publishers. FLYING THE DRAGON is her first novel.

Titel
Flying the Dragon
EAN
9781607345299
ISBN
978-1-60734-529-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Altersempfehlung
9 bis 12 Jahre
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
11.03.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
2.44 MB
Anzahl Seiten
240
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch