Dragonwings
(Book)

Moom Shadow was eight years old whe he sailed from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. For years, Windrider had lived in San Francisco and made his living doing laundry. Father and son had never met. But over time, Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moos SHadoe's help, is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country - even the great earthquske- to make his dream come true.