In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine. In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine. Annotation. Will Windrider take to the skies? Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met. But 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 earthquake'to make his dream come true.
- ISBN10 0064400859
- ISBN13 9780064400855
- Publish Date 10 September 2001 (first published 7 October 1975)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Atlantic Books
- Edition 25th edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English