- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Plume Books; Reprint edition (Jan 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0452271584
- ISBN-13: 978-0452271586
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.5 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,134,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This novel of family relationships, culture shock and the rites of passage follows the universal perils of growing up. In another time and place, Kai Ting would be the coddled only son of an aristocratic Shanghai family. But this book is set in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A coming of age tale with a twist. Not an easy read but an entertaining one if you can get into it.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
An insightful autobiographical look
14 May 2005
Format:Paperback
Most of the reviews here are critical and misinformed. They appear to be written by disgruntled hisgh school students who have probably been assigned to read Lee's book as an effort to heighten their multi-cultural sensitivities. The kids miss the point. This is an excellent, sensitive novel about growing up in many worlds at once. Where ever Kai Ting is, is the wrong place, even home. His way of finding himself, finding a place, is through an unlikely venue, the local Y. There is a gritty truth thst comes off of every page here. Lee is exposing a great deal of his soul and, at the end, I felt part of his life. This was the first work of Lee's I read. My satisfaction with China Boy led me to the rest. He has much talent, a powerful voice and a sharp sense of humor... even when it hurts.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
An exerpt from my American Studies assignment
29 Nov 1998
Format:Paperback
Kai, is the main protagonist of an inspiring novel called China Boy, which is written by Gus Lee. The novel is actually a "semi-autobiography", the author states, " `China Boy' is a story about my family in China before immigrating to the United States during the war and then (after we settled in the U.S.) my own attempts become a successful African-American male youth in the Panhandle of San Francisco." Even though Gus Lee has Chinese blood (in his childhood) he tries to adapt or assimilate into the American culture by learning the street fighting of blacks in the Panhandle. The book depicts the author's own struggle to defend himself during his childhood in the Panhandle. Fabricated with characters of different races, the story captures the vision of America as a "melting pot." Through the keen entangling-details of Ting's family fleeing to America, the boxing lessons that Kai takes at YMCA, and Kai's fighting with his stepmother and the bullies on the street one extricates the lesson that life always has trials and tribulations, some things can't be changed, but others can.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
A fast-paced funny story about a young Chinese American boy
7 Dec 1999
Format:Paperback
This novel is funny because the author uses slangs throughout the story to make the reader feel how people really talk and trying to use chinese words that is translated to how the word sounds. He uses descriptive words and a lot of metaphors in his writing which flows from one sentence to another and would not stop till the end of the book. The story is from a young chinese boy's perspective who is unaware what American culture is about, living in San Francisco in the early fifties and dealing with a new American stepmom who tries to erase the family's chinese culture. This book inspires me how this young boy reminds me of how fun a child can be, growing up, adopting new styles from the streets and where everything is always changing. I would recommend to anyone because it's easy to read, funny, and have a unique ending that you to find out for yourself.
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