Paradise Book Report

Bibliography: Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings . New York: HarperCollins, [1975] 2001. ISBN: 0064400859 Plot Summary: At the dawn of the 20th century, young Moon Shadow leaves the Middle Kingdom (known in the West as “China”) to join his father in the Land of the Golden Mountain (the United States). Though they had never met, they soon learn to become father and son, working together in their laundry company in San Francisco in the part of town where the other Tang people live. To Moon Shadow and the others, this land is strange and inhabited by white demons with unusual customs and often dangerous enmity towards them, hurling rocks and slurs at them or hanging Tang men by their braided queues from lampposts. Moon Shadow also discovers that his father has a new name, Windrider, given to him in a dream by the Dragon King who reveals that Windrider is truly a dragon who has been sentenced to live a lifetime in a soft human body. Windrider must prove his “dragonness” in this life by passi

Bibliography: Wein, Elizabeth. Code Name Verity (Audible Audiobook - Unabridged) . Read by Morven Christie and Lucy Gaskell. Tullamarine: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd, 2012. ASIN: B0089CJZD4 Plot Summary: Upon her capture by the Gestapo in Nazi-occcupied France, secret agent “Verity” unfolds a complex and captivating tale in the form of a written confession, scrawled on scraps of paper between threats of torture from her captors. Like a modern Scheherezade, Verity (a woman of many names and code names) delays her inevitable execution by handing over memorized lines of code and recounting the details of her friendship with Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Maddie Brodatt. Verity, an upper-class Scottish woman with a knack for spy work, and Maddie, a working-class Englishwoman with a passion for mechanics and flying, discover a unique bond of friendship, trust, and teamwork as they navigate the harrowing landscape of World War II Europe. Gripping night flights, coded messages, secret miss