Paper Son: Lee's Journey to America (Tales of Young Americans)

In 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China. He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead. It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee shares with his grandparents. But now Lee must leave all that he knows. Before his parents died, they spent all of their money buying a "paper son slot" for Lee to go to America. Being a "paper son" means pretending to be the son of a family already...

By Helen Foster James
Age Range: 6 - 9 years
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Lexile Measure: 490L
Series: Tales of Young Americans
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; First Edition edition (May 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585368334
ISBN-13: 978-1585368334
Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.5 x 11 inches
Amazon Rank: 450148
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook

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A shameful period of American History not often talked about is the Chinese Exclusion Act where an entire group of people was singled out by national policy to ostracize. Being resourceful, the Chinese found ways around the injustice. This book prese

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