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SHADOW OF THE DRAGON
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Sherry Garland
by
Sherry Garland
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Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Danny Vo feels caught between two very different worlds: he fits in with his American friends, yet they don't understand his Vietnamese home life, where he constantly struggles with his tradition-bound grandmother and must fight for privacy in their over-crowded apartment. And life gets more complicated when Danny's cousin, Sang Le, comes to live with them after spending years in a re-education camp in Vietnam.
With Sang Le failing school and unable to get a job, Danny becomes a silent witness as his cousin falls in with a Vietnamese gang -- the very gang that is terrorizing Little Saigon and their uncle's video store. But Danny must also contend with another dangerous gang--white supremist skinheads. Danny is determined to date Tiffany Schultz despite harassment and threats from her older brother and his skinhead friends. Then one night, the skinheads attack in a vicious hate crime that will forever change the lives it touches.
Sixteen-year-old Danny Vo feels caught between two very different worlds: he fits in with his American friends, yet they don't understand his Vietnamese home life, where he constantly struggles with his tradition-bound grandmother and must fight for privacy in their over-crowded apartment. And life gets more complicated when Danny's cousin, Sang Le, comes to live with them after spending years in a re-education camp in Vietnam.
With Sang Le failing school and unable to get a job, Danny becomes a silent witness as his cousin falls in with a Vietnamese gang -- the very gang that is terrorizing Little Saigon and their uncle's video store. But Danny must also contend with another dangerous gang--white supremist skinheads. Danny is determined to date Tiffany Schultz despite harassment and threats from her older brother and his skinhead friends. Then one night, the skinheads attack in a vicious hate crime that will forever change the lives it touches.
Scholastic Scope Magazine (Vol. 43 No. 8 -- Nov. 18, 1994; ISBN 0036-642 starting on page 13:
Scholastic created a play from SHADOW OF THE DRAGON that students can reenact. This issue of the magazine is devoted to stories about "New Americans" coming to the USA.
Winner of the California young Readers Medal -- 1995-96.
Scholastic created a play from SHADOW OF THE DRAGON that students can reenact. This issue of the magazine is devoted to stories about "New Americans" coming to the USA.
Winner of the California young Readers Medal -- 1995-96.
