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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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Clarion Books, 3/3/1996 12:00:01 AM. paperback. New. 0.2000 in x 10.0000 in x 8.6000 in. New magazine size pb
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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.

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  • Title El Chino
  • Author Say, Allen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books
  • Date 3/3/1996 12:00:01 AM
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000037834
  • 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

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

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