Moon Shadow asks Miss Whitlaw for help in composing a letter to the Wright brothers (the Americans credited with inventing the airplane) to ask them about plane specifics to help Father. However, Robin is a good friend and shares her dime novels with Moon Shadow, and in return Moon Shadow impresses Robin with dragon stories and airplane knowhow. The neighborhood demon boys are cruel to Moon Shadow, ridiculing his English he becomes scared of leaving the stable and going to the outside water pump at night.
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Moon Shadow starts to use his half hour of his free time each day to visit Miss Whitlaw, bringing the gift of jasmine tea. Robin, Miss Whitlaw's niece, plays the piano and the ladies sing songs for the Lees. After all, she has a cool dragon stained glass window and a stereopticon (a kind of 3D slide projector). Moon Shadow likes Miss Whitlaw, even though she is a demoness. Moon Shadow and Windrider move into a stable behind Miss Whitlaw's boarding house. The Company warns them of the dangers of living among the demons and gives them parting gifts. Alger and leave the Tang people's village. To escape the wrath of the dead man's family, Windrider plans for he and his son to work for Mr. Though Black Dog pulls some shady tricks, Windrider and Moon Shadow come out the winners, but they have killed a man in self-defense. Windrider vows to avenge his son and goes to the Sleepers – basically an underground gang – to have a one-on-one fight with Black Dog. But, one day Black Dog beats Moon Shadow up in order to steal the money Moon Shadow has been collecting from laundry customers. Windrider and Moon Shadow find him outside an opium den and save him from being shot by the Justices, the corrupt neighborhood watchmen.
Trouble comes in the form of Black Dog, Uncle Bright Star's delinquent son. Windrider helps fix a demon's automobile the demon respectfully introduces himself as Mr. Moon Shadow settles into his new life and goes with Windrider to collect and deliver laundry when he's not in school or doing other chores. Uncle Bright Star insists Windrider is crazy. Windrider shows Moon Shadow all of the electronic gadgets he's fiddled with and tells his son that he wants to build an airplane and fly. In this dream, Windrider helps heal the mighty King Dragon, who tells Windrider that he will return to his true form as a dragon if he passes the tests he is given as a human in this life. Upstairs in their room, Windrider shares his most precious dream with Moon Shadow. This events sets the story's backdrop of American xenophobia (dislike or fear of foreigners). On Moon Shadow's first night in America, "white demons" (white Americans) throw a brick through the storefront window, shattering glass. These men are referred to as the Company since they live and run a laundromat together in the Tang people's village in San Francisco, California. When Moon Shadow arrives, his father introduces him to their all-male family abroad: the proud leader Uncle Bright Star, the chef White Deer, the poet Lefty, and Hand Clap, the exaggerator. Windrider, his father, sends for Moon Shadow to come to America and live with him. Moon Shadow has never met his father, who left to work in America, and he constantly pesters Mother to tell stories about his dad, the master kite-maker. *Items for space travel subject to approval.Seven-year-old Moon Shadow Lee lives and works on his family farm in China in 1903. *Travel and accommodation at own expense.* *Profiles provided for use are subject to approval.* In this package, you get the privilege to join the KeokeN Stratosphere Launch Event! Send a personal item to the edge of the stratosphere! The launch will be documented on video and posted online!īe aware though! There are only a limited amount of launch invites available!
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