The Star Maker
New York : Harper, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 100 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.
Subjects:
Uncles -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- California -- San Francisco -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese New Year -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Uncles -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- California -- San Francisco -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese New Year -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 530L
ISBN:
0060253169
Includes bibliographical references (page [101]).