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Summary: The Novel of a Young Girl
Review: Child of the Owl, written by Laurence Yep is an amazing book, filled with intriguing stories about the history of a young Chinese, American girl named Casey and about how her mother and father lived when they were children. Her grandmother Casey lives with her former gambling, poor father told this. Her mother Jeani is dead. Her father gets hurt, so she is sent to live with her relatively wealthy uncle and his family. Eventually Casey crosses the line and is sent to live with her grandmother, in China town. Casey calls her grandma Paw-Paw. The minute Paw-Paw opens the door, of her old, little apartment; she throws her arms around Casey and hugs her. Casey isn't used to having a lovey, kiss, kiss relationship between her and her relatives but once Casey hugs Paw-Paw she feels a sudden connection. Like there's something there wasn't there before. This is a very strong novel and it captures it's time and setting really well. The story is strong because it illustrates Casey's emissions and has excellent examples of how she feels. The book almost shows a picture of her life; that you see threw her eyes. Another reason this book is so mind absorbing is it really captures the setting and it's time, even though the book was written 30 years after the its setting. The book shows the setting by giving little clues, such as how people talk to each other and what band people listen to. Over all you can see why this story of a girl might draw a reader into it. This book was spectacular but it did contain a minor throw off. In about the first 5-10 pages the book was terrible. It seemed long and tidies and as though the whole book would consist of this writing style, which some might like but not many of the age the book looks for. But trust me I was wrong. The book was written in a way that pulled me into the story, while I read it I felt like I was there, in the book, along with Casey, Paw-Paw, Barney and the rest of the characters. Even though the first time you look at this book, it might seem silly or stupid pick it up and give it a try if after the first 20 pages it doesn't appeal to you put it down; It's not your type of book. But if you like reading in general I can almost guaranty you that you that you will enjoy this book. Also I greatly dislike reading in most cases but as you can see I loved Child of the Owl.
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Summary: childs owl
Review: Child of the Owl
Child of the Owl is an average book, it's about a Chinese girl that isn't wanted anywhere, and she loves her uncle. His name is Barney. He is a gambler, and he just lost big to big Mike. So she goes to paw paws house and lives there for a while. Many interesting things happen to Casey. Barney eventually gets his money back, and Casey lives with him. I did not like this book very much because, it got a little boring while Casey was at paw paw's house, there where a few interesting parts though, like when she went to her aunts house, her aunt had a husband and lots of other people in her family and they kept getting mad at Casey they thought she was dressed poorly and even thought she was a hoodlum. That was probably the most exciting and must interesting part in the story it was also very funny this books vocabulary was a little easy, and the author didn't use very many exciting words.
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Summary: childs owl
Review: Here's the first sentence of "Child of the Owl":
"It was hard to understand Barney with the air tubes up his nose".And from that sentence on it this book becomes one of the most readable I have ever encountered. Have you ever entered into a book, not knowing what to expect but suspecting that it's not going to retain your interest for very long? Knowing what little I did about "Child of the Owl", I walked into this gem of kiddie lit with more than a little trepidation. What I found was a story that was funny, touching, and ultimately informative. I'm naturally wary of books that are supposed to be "good" for children. That will teach them lessons about diversity while maintaining a sticky sweet didactic tone. But "Child of the Owl" isn't like that at all. Instead, it is honest-to-goodness gold. The plot is especially good. Young streetwise Casey must leave her gambler father to live with her Grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown for a little while. Laurence Yep has effectively written a tale that captures the spirit of a person never fully feeling as if they fit in. As the blurb on the cover of the books says, sometimes, "you can feel like a stranger, trapped in the wrong place, in the wrong time, even in the wrong body". What makes the book so eminently readable, however, is the care with which Yep has drawn upon his own experiences in 1964 Chinatown, to explain and examine Casey's reactions to life in that once tiny neighborhood. Now if I was going to make a collection of Top Ten Children's Books Set In San Francisco, "Child of the Owl" would be number one. It would also be number one of Top Ten Intergenerational Children's Books and Top Ten Children's Books Containing Sarcastic Wisecracking Kids. Sorry Gilly Hopkins. Casey's got you beat. As a heroine she's funny, smart, and filled with reactions appropriate to a pre-adolescent. I highly recommend this book to any child wanting to learn more about the Chinese-American experience of living in America. The book speaks volumes to those living then and now. It is a book to be remembered.
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Summary: from washington irving high school
Review: Hi, my name is He; this review is from NYC of New York. This book named child of the owl. The author's name was Laurence Yep. The main characters were Casey, Barney, and paw-paw. The place takes in Chinatown, San Francisco of California in 1964. Barney's gambling got beat up in the hospital. So Casey moves to her uncle Phil. She doesn't like live with Phil and Phil doesn't like her too. Phil sends her to his mother in Chinatown. Casey fell lost, sad and lonely in Chinatown and she couldn't spoke Chinese, when paw-paw read s story of the owl for Casey. She felt warm inside. Every week, a person gave 5 dollars to Casey. When paw-paw and Casey after finished the movie and went home. The thief got into paw-paw's apartment. They have a fought. The thief got away and the charm was stolen. Who stole the charm? I knew was paw-paw's relative? Think about it. I will go to recommend this book. It's good to learn about Chinese culture. I will s gave 4 stars to this book
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Summary: A slow-plotted book
Review: I found that Child of the Owl was not a book i enjoyed. Although the characters were not trite or shallow in anyway, and protreayed reliable characters, the plot was extremly slow and not full of purpose. This book was ok, and i understand how some people would enjoy it a lot. If you are looking for a page-turning book, i would not recomend this to you.
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Summary: it was okay
Review: I found this book on the shelf of my 5th grade classroom 14 years ago, and it completely changed my life. Never before and actually, never since, did I feel like I could relate to a character in a book like that. But, of course, reading it again when i was older, I don't relate to anything in the book other than the main character was a Chinese American female, and so was I. As opposed to some other Asian American books for kids, I like this one particularly because it takes place in the US. While more 'multi-cultural' books try and relate back to China a lot, I liked this one because I find it a lot more relavant to the 2nd generation/3rd generation experience, and it also appeals to the curiosity people begin to have about their 'culture' when they start thinking about ethnic identity. The strong parts about the book: The story is engaging, and even though it was written in the 1970's or 1960's, it doesn't seem dated. It's about a separated family, and Casey's a toy-boy who doesn't take a lot of crap, as opposed to some goody-goody. And the backdrop of Chinatown makes it pretty interesting and urban, and gives a good general historical background of Chinatown as an ethnic enclave, too. Also, if anyone is concerned about the politics represented in the book, as far as I can tell, there aren't any messages of advocating for a color-blind society or all multi-culti-feel-good sentiment which are characteristics I find frustrating about a lot of other 'books for Asian American youth'. The weak parts about the book: I don't really like a lot of mythology, folklore or fantastic stories. I hated them as a kid, and I still really don't like it now. My least favorite part as a kid is the story about the spirit of the owl, and it still makes me weary. The book still implies filial piety, but to a degree which I think it's ok, mostly because of Casey's strong personality and inclination to rebel. Also, most Chinese American kids live outside of Chinatowns so the experience is a lot different and I haven't heard of too many books which sort of discuss either a more urban, or a more suburbian narrative that's pretty realistic and has good politics, too. Nonetheless, I still pick up the book from time to time. I don't know a whole lot of other Asian American kids books, but as someone who turned out to be an Asian American major in college, I still need to pay tribute to the fact that regardless of whether in retrospect I think my life related, it very early on offered me the narative of a Chinese American female in the US, and the beginnings of understanding what it meant for me to be Chinese American. Other Yep books have a little too much mysticism and folklore for my taste, but I do think Dragonwings offers a strong look at the history of Chinese Americans in California.
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Summary: Good book
Review: I had to read this book at school, and at first i thought i wasnt going to like it but one i started reading it i coudlt put it down! I love caseys sense of humor and th e lesson it teaches is so goodI think everyone should read this book!
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Summary: good
Review: this is a book u should read.this heartwarming story about cassy and her grandma is wonderful.
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Summary: child of the owl
Review: this is a great book. i am still reading it but cant for the next week and a half, because i forgot it in school. CHILD OF THE OWL is such a good book i am having my dad get me a new copy. but until he dose (on like the 28 or so) i'm stuck rereading good books like tug of love and reading the diary book
dear Mr. Henshaw (witch dosent sound to me like my type but i guess i dont have much of a choice) but my point is you'll LOVE this book!!!!!
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