The Dragon of Lonely Island
by Rebecca Rupp
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Author: Rebecca RuppEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-11
ISBN: 0763628050
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Candlewick
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Summary: 1 Stars
"In those days in China, daughters were considered worthless, and Mei-lan, whose two younger brothers were much more important than she was, seemed to be the most worthless of all."
As the mother of a Chinese American daughter, I find this opening sentence of the chapter about Mei-lan and the dragon particularly offensive. This was read aloud in my daughter's fourth grade class and this description (taken literally as a 9 year old will do) was shocking and hurtful to my daughter. Even though the story continues along to a happy conclusion for Mei-lan, Mei-lan is repeatedly described as "worthless" in the story.
The other kids in her classroom definitely picked up on this, as the boys in the classroom got a hoot about claiming that they were better than girls. And a bully in the classroom increasingly tormented my daughter for the rest of the school year. Was that related to the marginalization of Chinese girls? It's a question.
I am still shocked that the author chose this harsh description of a Chinese girl for this story and wanted to relay to those unsuspecting parents that this demeaning description is in this book.
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