A young boy named Moon Shadow Lee lives in China. His father went to work in America years ago, and he has never met him. The story begins when a man named Hand Clap comes to China to visit Moon Shadow's family and then brings Moon Shadow back to America with him to meet his father. Moon Shadow meets his father, uncle, and several friends, men who form the 'company' that runs a laundromat in San Francisco. They give him gifts: a kite, clothes, boots. The Company calls white Americans 'white demons'; a white man throws a brick through the window of the laundromat on Moon Shadow's first night, giving him a taste of the racism and xenophobia, or fear of outsiders, that his father and other Chinese immigrants have faced the whole time they've been there. Moon Shadow's father, Windrider, has earned this name because of his skillful kite building. He is also interested in aviation, telling his son that he would love to build an airplane someday. He tells Moon Shadow that he believes his true form is a dragon, which he will return to if he lives his life on earth well.#paperback#newberryhonor#newberry