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edition:Hardcover
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category: Young Adult Fiction
published: Oct 2008
ISBN:9781551439556
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Learning to Fly

by Paul Yee

tagged: prejudice & racism, emigration & immigration, drugs, alcohol, substance abuse
Description

Jason is an outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Falling in with the wrong crowd, trying to fit in, Jason takes chances and ends up in trouble with the police. Holding on to his friendship with a Native boy, also an outsider, Jason finds he needs to fight to belong and to find a new home.

About the Author

Paul Yee

Paul Yee has written almost 20 picture books and novels, contemporary and historical, about the Chinese experience in Canada. He is also a historian, with an M.A. in Canadian History from UBC, who has worked for the City of Vancouver Archives and Archives of Ontario. Born in Saskatchewan and raised in Vancouver, he now lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
12 to 18
Grade:
8 to 12
Reading age:
12 to 18

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