The star maker

Title:

The star maker

Personal Author EPSB:

Summary:

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.

Year Published:

2011

Physical Description:

100 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Uncles -- Fiction.

Families -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.

Chinese New Year -- Fiction.

Chinese Americans -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.