Did you want to go to America? Pop: Sure. I didn t have a choice. My father said I had to go. So I went. Were you sad when you left your village? Pop: Maybe a little . . . well， maybe a lot. Ten-year-old Gim Lew Yep knows that he must leave his home in China and travel to America with the father who is a stranger to him. Gim Lew doesn t want to leave behind everything that he s ever known. But he is even more scared of disappointing his father. He uses his left hand， rather than the "correct" right hand; he stutters; and most of all， he worries about not passing the strict immigration test administered at Angel Island. The Dragon s Child is a touching portrait of a father and son and their unforgettable journey from China to the land of the Golden Mountain. It is based on actual conversations between two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep and his father and on research on his family s immigration history by his niece， Dr. Kathleen S. Yep.