The Star Maker
by Laurence Yep
In the early 1950s, Chinese American Artie is eight, the youngest cousin in his large... read more
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Holiday
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2011
Word Count 16,279
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 530L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 141592, 2 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Chinese New Year
- 20th century
- Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Uncles
- Families--California--San Francisco--Juvenile fiction
- Uncles--Juvenile fiction
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Chinese Americans
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Family life--California--San Francisco--Fiction
- California
- Family life
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- History
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | General (see also Religious - Christian
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Chinese New Year--Juvenile fiction
- Families
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- San Francisco
- Uncles--Fiction
- Chinese New Year--Fiction
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