Mei Ling in China City

Description:

In Los Angeles, California's China City in 1942, twelve-year-old Mei Ling Lee helps her parents in their restaurant during the Moon Festival celebration, raises money for women and children refugees in China, and worries about her Japanese American friend, Yayeko Akiyama, whose family was relocated to Manzanar. Includes facts about China City and the Manzanar War Relocation Center.

subjects: Fiction,  World War, 1939-1945,  Manzanar War Relocation Center,  Mid-autumn Festival,  Chinese Americans,  Family life,  History,  Juvenile fiction,  Bilingual,  Japanese language materials,  Chinese language materials,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924,  Children's fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Los angeles (calif.), fiction,  United states, history, fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Chinese americans, fiction,  Families

Places: United States,  California,  Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.),  Los Angeles

Times: 1850-1950