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El Chino
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El Chino Paperback - 1996

by Say, Allen

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The true story of a Chinese boy who, on the advice of his father--"In America, you can be anything you want to be"--grows up to become a bullfighter. "Say fashions a first-person narrative into a resonant biography of an intriguing anomaly. . . .(Say's) portraits . . . are masterfully restrained, even as they suggest high drama".--Booklist, starred review. Full color.

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HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Details

  • Title El Chino
  • Author Say, Allen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Date March 3, 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2017382-6
  • ISBN 9780395778753 / 0395778751
  • Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.32 x 8.84 x 0.1 in (26.21 x 22.45 x 0.25 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 600
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Chinese Americans, Bullfighters
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90035026
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Summary

A true story of Billy Wong, the first Chinese bullfighter.

First line

My parents came from Canton, China, and had six children in Nogales, Arizona.

Media reviews

"Say's subtle watercolor shadings and the details in the fine lines of these illustrations capture the power and the sensitivity of this story of a man who learns that to become someone beyond his current self, he must first truly be himself." School Library Journal