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Title: Child of the Owl : Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1965 by Laurence Yep ISBN: 0-06-440336-X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (26 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: it was okay
Comment: I read this book a long time ago in middle school and personally was able to relate to some of her Casey's feelings and experiences but I don't really remember what happened in the story. Don't take my word for it because I never paid that much attention to what I read back then. It was okay and she resembles some of my cousin and me when we were younger but I guess my parents would've thought she was silly. Thats all I remembered about it and the rest was okay but I guess its been too long ago since I read this book to write a review for it anyway.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Starter Book Asian American Youth
Comment: I found this book on the shelf of my 5th grade classroom 14 years ago, and it completely changed my life. Never before and actually, never since, did I feel like I could relate to a character in a book like that. But, of course, reading it again when i was older, I don't relate to anything in the book other than the main character was a Chinese American female, and so was I.
As opposed to some other Asian American books for kids, I like this one particularly because it takes place in the US. While more 'multi-cultural' books try and relate back to China a lot, I liked this one because I find it a lot more relavant to the 2nd generation/3rd generation experience, and it also appeals to the curiosity people begin to have about their 'culture' when they start thinking about ethnic identity.
The strong parts about the book: The story is engaging, and even though it was written in the 1970's or 1960's, it doesn't seem dated. It's about a separated family, and Casey's a toy-boy who doesn't take a lot of crap, as opposed to some goody-goody. And the backdrop of Chinatown makes it pretty interesting and urban, and gives a good general historical background of Chinatown as an ethnic enclave, too. Also, if anyone is concerned about the politics represented in the book, as far as I can tell, there aren't any messages of advocating for a color-blind society or all multi-culti-feel-good sentiment which are characteristics I find frustrating about a lot of other 'books for Asian American youth'.
The weak parts about the book: I don't really like a lot of mythology, folklore or fantastic stories. I hated them as a kid, and I still really don't like it now. My least favorite part as a kid is the story about the spirit of the owl, and it still makes me weary. The book still implies filial piety, but to a degree which I think it's ok, mostly because of Casey's strong personality and inclination to rebel. Also, most Chinese American kids live outside of Chinatowns so the experience is a lot different and I haven't heard of too many books which sort of discuss either a more urban, or a more suburbian narrative that's pretty realistic and has good politics, too.
Nonetheless, I still pick up the book from time to time. I don't know a whole lot of other Asian American kids books, but as someone who turned out to be an Asian American major in college, I still need to pay tribute to the fact that regardless of whether in retrospect I think my life related, it very early on offered me the narative of a Chinese American female in the US, and the beginnings of understanding what it meant for me to be Chinese American.
Other Yep books have a little too much mysticism and folklore for my taste, but I do think Dragonwings offers a strong look at the history of Chinese Americans in California.
Rating: 2
Summary: A slow-plotted book
Comment: I found that Child of the Owl was not a book i enjoyed. Although the characters were not trite or shallow in anyway, and protreayed reliable characters, the plot was extremly slow and not full of purpose. This book was ok, and i understand how some people would enjoy it a lot. If you are looking for a page-turning book, i would not recomend this to you.
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Title: Thief of Hearts (Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1995) by Laurence Yep ISBN: 0064405915 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Dragonwings : Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903 by Laurence Yep ISBN: 0064400859 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: April, 1977 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sea Glass: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1970 by Laurence Yep ISBN: 006441003X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 18 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Mountain Light : Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1855 by Laurence Yep ISBN: 0064406679 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Serpent's Children : Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1849 by Laurence Yep ISBN: 0064406458 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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