Paper Son: Lee's Journey to America

by Helen Foster James and Virginia Shin-Mui Loh

Book Overview

In 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China. He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead. It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee shares with his grandparents. But now Lee must leave all that he knows. Before his parents died, they spent all of their money buying a "paper son slot" for Lee to go to America. Being a "paper son" means pretending to be the son of a family already...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585368334
• ISBN13: 9781585368334
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4