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	Yep Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yep feels his stories have appeal for teens because the protagonists are often outsiders, a commonality shared with teens.
		Born June 14, 1948 in San Francisco, California, Yep was the son of Thomas Gim Yep and Franche Lee Yep.
		Yep's father, Thomas, was born in China and came to America at the age of ten where he lived, not in Chinatown, but with an Irish friend in a white neighborhood.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kvander/yep.html (1883 words)

	Author Biography
		Yep was born in San Francisco, California, to a Chinese American family.
		Yep’s best-known novel for young adults is Dragonwings, which recounts the attempts of a Chinese American to build a flying machine in 1909.
		Yep has written many other novels that explore Chinese American, Chinese, and even Japanese experiences, but he is also well known for his mysteries and fantasies.
	eolit.hrw.com /hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=8laurenceyep (321 words)

	Reading Rockets : A video interview with Laurence Yep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurence Yep collected many rejection letters before selling his first story to a science fiction magazine –; for a penny a word.
		Laurence Yep learned self-discipline early in life, while helping his father at their corner grocery store.
		Laurence Yep loves his work and is grateful for his longevity as an author.
	www.readingrockets.org /books/interviews/yep (414 words)

	PH@school: Literature: Author Biographies
		Laurence Yep, American-born and of Chinese descent, has written dozens of books, many of which explore his Chinese ancestry and the challenges that Chinese Americans face.
		Laurence Yep was born in San Francisco on June 14, 1948.
		Yep found it difficult fitting in with playmates, who regarded him, he says, as the "all-purpose Asian" bad guy who had to die when they played war games.
	www.phschool.com /atschool/literature/author_biographies/yep_l.html (853 words)

	Meet Laurence Yep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurence Yep was born in 1948 in San Francisco, California.
		In high school, an English teacher told Yep's class that everyone would have to get their writing published by a national magazine in order to earn an A for the class.
		Laurence Yep says ideas for writing don't have to be grand or unusual.
	www.eduplace.com /kids/hmr/mtai/yep.html (233 words)

	MELUS: Metanarrative in ethnic autobiography for children: Laurence Yep's The Lost Garden and Judith Ortiz Cofer's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurence Yep's The Lost Garden and Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood illustrate the writers' understanding of how "the art of self-invention is governed by a dialectical interplay between the individual and his or her culture" (Eakin 256).
		Yep and Cofer foreground the complex reality of being hyphenated Americans and engage their relationship with their heritage culture as well as with the society in which they live.
		Laurence and Judith experience a gap between two terrains of ethnic belonging: Chinatown and "the island," respectively, become alternative spaces for self-discovery and self-assertion.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2278/is_2_27/ai_92589729 (1371 words)

	Used Book Central Search / author: yep, laurence
		Yep- Laurence: NEW Juvenile Grades 4-6 Scholastic Paperbacks BOOK-PAPER Based on real accounts by Hiroshima survivors- the fictional story of twelve-year-old Sachi follows her witness to the devastation in her city as a result of the bombing and describes her healing process as she helps to rebuild her home.
		Yep- Laurence: NEW Juvenile Grades 4-6 Harpercollins Childrens Books BOOK-HARDCOVER As the tensions grow between the white and Chinese miners in the Wyoming Territory of 1885- an unlikely friendship between two boys from both groups is the only hope for survival the rivaling parties have when the bloody battles begin.
		Yep- Laurence/ Wiesner- David (ILT): NEW Juvenile Grades 3-4 Harpercollins Childrens Books BOOK-PAPER A collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations- as told by some oldtimers newly settled in the United States.
	www.usedbookcentral.com /texis/ubc/searchbooks,author,yep_laurence.html (578 words)

	authorstuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurence Michael Yep was born in 1948 in San Francisco, California.
		This is why Laurence Yep pursues the theme of being an outsider in his writing.
		Laurence Yep sold his first story to a science fiction magazine and was paid a penny a word.
	www.esd.k12.ca.us /matsumoto/LYwebpage/authorstuff.html (251 words)

	Children's Literature: Meet Authors & Illustrators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yep's award winning dramatic prose draws older readers into the complicated life of a young teenage girl in Chinatown during the l960's.
		From the pen of Laurence Yep comes this retold Mongolian folktale of a prophecy, a poor shepherd's son, and the daughter of the great Khan.
		Yep's text, for the most part, is well-paced, and the story makes its points on both courage and gender most effectively.
	www.childrenslit.com /f_yep.html (2008 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - The Traitor: 1885 (Golden Mountain Chronicles Series) - Laurence Yep - Paperback
		Yep has written many novels, including Dragonwings, a Newbery Honor Book of 1976, and Dragon's Gate, a Newbery Honor Book of 1994.He is also the author of When the Circus Came to Town; The Imp That Ate My Homework, winner of the Georgia Children's Book Award; and The Magic Paintbrush.
		Though the narrative leading up to the massacre and its aftermath is perhaps a bit too long, Yep does a good job portraying the rampant prejudice, and he does not sugarcoat the horrifying violence, told from Michael's point of view.
		Yep lays down another course of his now monumental, seven-generation family chronicle begun in Dragonwings (1975) with this tale of two Wyoming Territory outsiders-one an illegitimate white child, the other a US-born son of a Chinese coal miner-who witness the Rock Springs massacre, one of the most savage race riots in our history.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /BookSearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=pi623XG7fE&isbn=0060008318&itm=1 (1224 words)

	Used Book Central Search / keyword(s): dragonwings
		Yep- Laurence: NEW Juvenile Grades 4-6 Harpercollins Childrens Books BOOK-PAPER Craig Chin- a Chinese-American boy whose father wants him to be good in sports- finally asserts his right to be himself- in the sequel to Dragonwings.
		Yep- Laurence: NEW Juvenile Grades 10-12 Harpercollins Childrens Books BOOK-PAPER A young Chinese boy in San Francisco's Chinatown supports his poor and ridiculed father in his dream of building a flying machine.
		Yep- Laurence/ Wong- B. (NRT): NEW Audio Juvenile Harpercollins Childrens BOOK-CASSETTE In the early twentieth century- a young Chinese boy- Moon Shadow- joins his father- Windrider- in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
	www.usedbookcentral.com /texis/ubc/searchbooks,keywords,dragonwings.html (422 words)

	ClassZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As a child, Laurence Yep always felt like an outsider, a theme he explores in his novels.
		Born in San Francisco, Yep is a Chinese American who grew up in an African-American neighborhood and went to school in San Francisco's Chinatown.
		Yep discovered science fiction while he was a teenager and published his first sci-fi story at 18.
	www.classzone.com /novelguides/authors/yep.cfm (123 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Angelfish - Laurence Yep - Hardcover
		Yep has written a series of books about Chinese American young people in San Francisco in current times—The Amah, The Cook's Family; Ribbons—and Angelfish joins that grouping of novels.
		Eventually, she discovers that he was the most famous dancer in China until the Cultural Revolution, when his toes were cut off as punishment for his "crimes." When the woman who is supposed to design the costumes and sets for the production suddenly leaves, Robin convinces Mr.
		The conclusion is a bit pat, but Yep does offer some insightful and amusing insights into the life of a young Chinese American as well as some historical facts about the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?endeca=1&ean=9780399230417 (1125 words)

	Laurence Yep
		Yep has won several awards for his novels for young adults.
		Yep was born and raised in a fl neighborhood and educated in San Francisco's Chinatown, although he didn't speak Chinese.
		Yep graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970 and earned his PhD in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1975.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0887009.html (195 words)

	Amazon.com: Dragonwings : Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903 (Golden Mountain Chronicles): Books: Laurence Yep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yep draws heavily on his own heritage, but also includes figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and the Wright Brothers, and historic events such as the San Francisco Earthquake.
		Yep does not play down the characters' difficulties, but Moon Shadow and his father, Windrider, learn the ways in which they may live their lives acceptably.
		Yep is introducing his subject honestly and with tact and feeling, all of which make the beginning a small slog for the average child reader.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0064400859?v=glance (2289 words)

	papertigers \| interviews
		I have been away from it for over twenty years; and yet I still go back in my dreams." For Yep, whose father and maternal grandparents emigrated from China, that home was an apartment, and the family grocery store it came with, in an African-American neighborhood of San Francisco.
		It was there that young Laurence taught himself to juggle while unpacking endless cartons of soup cans.
		Yep was eighteen when he published his first short story, a sci-fi fantasy.
	www.papertigers.org /interviews/archived_interviews/lyep.html (1633 words)

	Laurence Eusden -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Baptized on Sept. 6, 1688, in Spofforth, England, near Leeds, Laurence Eusden won appointment as England's poet laureate in 1718 by flattering a powerful noble, the duke of Newcastle.
		The Canadian writer Margaret Laurence is best known for her stories and novels portraying strong women striving for self-realization in the male-dominated world of western Canada.
		Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike as the greatest actor of his generation, Laurence Olivier pursued a distinguished career on stage and screen for more than 60 years.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9322770?tocId=9322770 (595 words)

	Laurence Yep
		Laurence Yep writes that "Dragonwings" is a "historical fantasy" inspired by both his father's journey to America and the newspaper account of a young Chinese flier who flew for 20 minutes in the hills of Oakland, California in 1909.
		In researching "Dragonwings" Yep was unable to discover much about the human experience of Chinese immigrants to America at the turn of the century.
		Beyond Yep's relevance to a Chinese-American audience, his work reflects a common humanity to readers coming of age or not, bicultural or not, attempting to find themselves in the pieces of their particular puzzles.
	www.indiana.edu /~reading/ieo/bibs/yep.html (1961 words)

	Laurence Yep
		Laurence Yep is an Asian American author for both adolescent and adult literature.
		Yep's novel, Dragonwings, is probably the most praised and well-known book written by him, thus there are more web sites that are devoted to it.
		Dragonwings is the masterpiece reflecting Yep's six years of research of historical events and documents.
	www.ualr.edu /teenread/id31.htm (539 words)

	ALA \| Author Laurence Yep wins 2005 Wilder Award
		Laurence Yep, the premier voice of the Chinese-American experience in literature for young people, is the winner of the 2005 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal.
		Born in San Francisco in 1948, Laurence Yep grew up in an African American neighborhood and attended a bilingual school in Chinatown. His first novel, “Sweetwater,” a science fiction novel, was edited by Charlotte Zolotow and published in 1973.
		“Yep’s books are characterized by their multi-faceted depictions of cultural conflicts and reconciliations,” Del Negro said. “His titles invite all readers to expand their awareness of an under-represented area of American history.
	www.ala.org /ala/pressreleases2005/january2005a/2005wilderwinner.htm (377 words)

	Laurence Yep - playwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		To search for published plays by Laurence Yep click on one of the bookstore links above.
		You will be shown all Plays in print by Laurence Yep.
		At the turn of the century, a young boy living in China with his mother, travels to San Francisco, California, "Land of the Golden Mountain," to be with his father, Windrider, a kite maker who immigrated there a few years earlier to take advantage of the West Coast's booming expansionism.
	www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsY/YepLaurence.htm (378 words)

	Scholastic.com \| AuthorsandBooks: Author Booklist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This fictionalized account of the bombing of Hiroshima as seem through the eyes of a 12-year-old Japanese girl tells the story of both a child and a city destroyed by war yet healed by the courage to survive and rebuild.
		Newbery author Yep movingly portrays the struggle of a young Chinese-American girl and her family as they fight for respect in a small West Virginia town during the late 1920s.
		Two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Laurence Yep makes his debut in the My Name is America series with the story of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese boy who is sent to California by his family during the Gold Rush.
	www2.scholastic.com /teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=101&displayName=Booklist&displayName=Booklist (836 words)

	Teaching Multicultural Literature . Workshop 4 . Resources . Authors and Literary Works
		In this memoir, Yep describes his struggles to fit in as a Chinese American boy growing up in a fl neighborhood, and explains how writing helped him to come to terms with the different aspects of his identity.
		Laurence Yep discusses his attitude toward his writing, how he became an author, and how his writing is influenced by his childhood.
		This article examines social difficulties through literature, and compares Judith Ortiz Cofer's and Laurence Yep's immigrant experiences as revealed by their writings.
	www.learner.org /channel/workshops/tml/workshop4/resources2.html (1351 words)

	The Traitor by Laurence Yep, a RebeccasReads.com Book Review by Rebecca Brown
		Laurence Yep alternates the short chapters between the two teen outcasts, describing their despair with family life, their feelings about being outsiders, their wonder as they explore the dinosaur bones in the fossil-rich gullies near Star Rock, the tensions in town and their growing friendship.
		The Traitor (for Grades 6-9) is not only a grand boys' adventure in another kind of Wild West, it's a roller-coaster historical ride into the dark side of fighting for survival and against racial hatred, as well as the bright side of friendship and hope.
		Laurence Yep has been chronicling the Chinese American experience for many years, here are a few of his titles:
	www.rebeccasreads.com /reviews/10men/10yepl34.html (352 words)

	Amazon.com: Dragon of the Lost Sea (Dragon Series): Books: Laurence Yep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yep's sweeping fantasy tells of Shimmer, an exiled dragon princess, who must team up with a boy to try to restore her dragon clan's lost home.
		He is not to perfect, Thorn himself (not in the way of writing) has some flaws and issues, nor is he a dishonorable jerk, he has some moments, but is a morally strong boy.
		All things considered, this is an outstanding work, a great dragon book, a great fantasy, for all of you who were disappointed with the lame, shallow writing in Eragon.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0064402274?v=glance (1451 words)

	MELUS : Focalizing the unfamiliar: Laurence Yep's Child in a Strange Land.(Critical Essay) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	Laurence Yep
		Metanarrative in ethnic autobiography for children: Laurence Yep's The Lost Garden and Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing.(Critical Essay) (MELUS)
		Focalizing the unfamiliar: Laurence Yep's Child in a Strange Land.(Critical Essay) (MELUS)
		Interview: Laurence Bergreen discusses the expedition of Magellan and its significance in history (Talk of the Nation (NPR))
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0887009.html (295 words)

	Miscellaneous
		This page was created out of admiration for Laurence Yep's work, and also as an assignment for Library Science 5903: Multicultural Literature, a graduate course at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
		Listed below are links to various Laurence Yep websites I have found on the web, as well as a listing of sources that were not cited elsewhere on the site (e.g.- critical review citing).
		* I have attempted to contact Laurence Yep to let him know that I'm producing this page, and to get his comments and suggestions; however, as of the last update to this page, all I have gotten is an auto-response from Scholastic saying that they'll get to me eventually.
	pages.sbcglobal.net /gibrich/rpl/Professional/laurenceyep/yep_misc.htm (197 words)

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