The Star Fisher

When Joan Lee and her family move to West Virginia, they plan to open a laundry and start bright new lives. But the first words they hear are harsh words of discrimination. With a mixture of humor and heartfelt emotion, Joan Lee tells the astonishing story of her courageous family and of how she finds a friend who makes all the difference. A Newbery Honor winner tells his own mother's story of growing up Chinese-American.


Genre: Children's Fiction