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Moon Shadow's father is Windrider.
white dear was Moon Shadow's uncel, and came from China with windrider.
In the novel "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep, Windrider is the father of the protagonist, Moon Shadow. He is a Chinese immigrant who dreams of building a flying machine, inspired by the Wright brothers. Windrider is determined to fulfill his dream despite facing many challenges and obstacles.
The most major part in the story "Dragonwings" is when Moon Shadow and his father, Windrider, successfully construct and fly their own flying machine, fulfilling Windrider's lifelong dream inspired by the story of the dragon king. This achievement symbolizes the overcoming of cultural barriers, the pursuit of dreams, and the bond between father and son.
Moon shadow was eight years old when 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 Moon Shadow's help, is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country---even the great earhtquake---to make his dream come true.
Because of various reasons like Moon Shadow coping up with the enviornment and so forth
City of Golden Shadow has 770 pages.
City of Golden Shadow was created on 1996-12-05.
I think he carried a cross in his pocket during the earthquake to keep him and Windrider safe, if I'm not wrong.
This book is about a young Chinese boy named Moonshadow Lee, from the Tang, that has never seen his father, Windrider, who's in San Francisco ever since Moon Shadow was born. A close cousin of Moonshadow's father, Handclap, comes to take Moonshadow from China to America, which the Chinese call the Land of the Golden Mountain. Moonshadow arrives at San Francisco with Handclap as a Chinese immigrant of the early 20th century. Moonshadow meets his father and many other male relatives of him known as the "Company". Both Moonshadow and his father live and work with the "Company" in the Chinese section of the town. Some relatives of Windrider that Moonshadow meets are Uncle Bright Star, Lefty, White Deer, and Black Dog. When a man is killed in the town, Moonshadow's and his father's lives get endangered. The two of them decide to move to live with an American women and her granddaughter. There Windrider helps around their house along with Moonshadow, but in his spare time, Windrider studies aeronautics. Both Moonshadow and Windrider experience discrimination from some neighbors, but they also make valued friends. The 1906 earthquake changes Moonshadow's and Windrider's lives significantly, for they move to new home away from all the destruction. Inspired from the Wright Brothers and being a master kite maker, Windrider takes his time and builds an airplane named Dragonwings. He has a short flight in 1909, but he crashes and gets injured. Moonshadow thinks how lucky he is as a son of Windrider.
Uncle Bright Star is Windrider's uncle and Moon Shadow's great-uncle in the book, Dragonwings. He is the head of the Company and the father of Black Dog.