Saturday, February 12, 2011

Sun Ning Fai Lok! (Happy Chinese New Year!)

Title: The Star Maker
Author: Laurence Yep
Publication Date:  December 2010
ISBN 13: 978-0060253158

The year is 1953.  The place is San Francisco's Chinatown.  The story follows Artie and his Uncle Chester as they prepare for Chinese New Year with their large and colorful family.  Artie, like everyone he meets in Chinatown, loves his uncle.  That's why he can't understand why his relatives all call his Uncle Chester a baby, and a bum.  When Artie makes a promise he can't keep, it's Uncle Chester who teaches him about honor and respect by helping him to celebrate the best Chinese New Year of his life.

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