Twelve-year-old Lee, an orphan, reluctantly leaves his grandparents in China for the long sea voyage to San Francisco, where he and other immigrants undergo examinations at Angel Island Immigration Station.
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Oppression & Resilience
Content: Bi/multilingual, Economic Struggle
Settings: California, China, Eastern Asia, Northern America, United States of America
Ethnicity: Chinese
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary