Laurence Yep

Sweetwater

BY: Laurence Yep

This book is a science-fiction novel written with much creativity. As I read this book I realized how narrow minded I am. I feel like I had a hard time following the story because I kept thinking about reality and how the things in this story do not exist. I feel like a student in seventh or eighth grade could could really get into this book. With the main character, Tyree, being male, this is a great book to open the mind of young male readers. This book tells the story of how he has tow work with his new alien friend and his blind sister to help save the way of life for their small community living on the planet Harmony. He learns to play the most beautiful song from the alien song master, Amadeus. Though they are faced with many dangers such as sea dragons, diminishing food supply, and the rising sea that will soon destroy their city, they work hard to save what they love and learn to get along with the alien people. This is a great book for entertainment and would also open some great discussion about how one views the different parts of the story. The book is very inventive and is open to the readers point of view about how he/she interprets what is happening.
Other books by Laurence Yep include:
Dragonwings and Dragons Gate
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Fransisco Earthquake of 1906
The Dragon's Child: A story of Angel Island
and many more!