Shadow of the Dragon

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Shadow of the Dragon
Author	Sherry Garland
Illustrator	John Hanley
Cover artist	John Hanley
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Harcourt Trade Publishers
Publication date	October 1993
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	314 pp
ISBN	0152735321

"Shadow of the dragon" is a book written by Sherry Garland, with Danny Vo as a protagonist who has a hard time adjusting to American life.

[edit] Overview of the Plot

Danny Vo's family is opening a homecoming party for Sang Le who stayed in Registration Camp in Vietnam for many years. In the party, Sang Le meets a beautiful girl named Hong (whom Danny rescued from the Cobras group at the market) and immediately falls in love while Hong sees Danny, falling in love with him. However, Danny already has his crush, an American girl named Tiffany Marie.

At school, Sang Le is very bad at English and doesn't know to improve. Danny is also struggling with American and Vietnam life, as himself wanting American more while her parents and family put on Vietnam life.

His relationship with Tiffany is going well. But in some days, Sang Le begins to quit school and begins to join Vietnam Gang Club, called Cobras that seem to enjoy poker. But after Ba's holler at Sang Le, he is moved and moves out of the gang.

Also, one day, Danny finally manages to date Tiffany out which turns out to be a total damage at the end. Frank and Brian sees this (who thinks that without Vietnam, so many Americans didn't have to die) and beats up Danny. Later, when they see Sang Lee talking with Tiffany, they beat Sang Le to death too. Danny knows this but since they are his crush' brother, he is troubled. But he decides he should stand up and sacrifice for his family.

[edit] Characters

Danny Vo- the protagonist of the story who moved to United States and is traveling between the two cultures, the American world and Vietnamese home life. He is an open person and helps Sang Le a lot at school.
Sang Le- a cousin of Danny Vo. He just moved to United States from Vietnam (the Registration Camp) and is having a hard time adjusting to his new life. He is too slow to learn English and has a crush on Hong. He is kind-hearted.
Tiffany Marie- a girlfriend and crush of Danny Vo. She is kind hearted and smart (described by Cal) but is afraid of her brother.
Hong- a crush of Sang Le. From Vietnam and she is described old fashioned, pretty and flat. She has crush on Danny but seeing that he doesn't have a heart for her, she becomes outraged and sad. Although Sang Le likes her, she is kind to him just as a friend. When Danny asks her, "Sang Le isn't bad looking. Why don't you go out with him?", she answers, "Look! Ah! That's what all the boys care. But there's more than look. If I met Sang Le first than you Danny than my mind wouldn't be so that way."
Cuc- a sister of Hong described stern. She stands for her sister Hong
Frank Marie- a brother of Tiffany who hates Vietnamese (by the influence of Brian said by Tiffany) thinking if it wasn't them, so many Americans didn't have to die. He is bad at school and once bit Danny Vo seeing him date with Tiffany. But Tiffany tries to stand up for her brother, saying he is very sweet but it's because of Brian that he became like this. He later even murders Sang Le with Brian.
Brian- a friend of Frank, who thinks just as the same way as Frank. Described by Tiffany as he is the one who's getting Frank in a bad way. He is the result and killed Sang Le with his other friend, Frank
Danny's parents- old fashioned
Danny's grandmother (Ba)- a very strict and stern grandmother of Danny's. She thinks of the Vietnamese culture important
Kim- a headstrong sister of Danny
Mr. Cheng- manager of the fish market Danny's working at to get money
Cobra Group- the Vietnamese group where Sang Le later joins. This group hates Americans. At the start of the book, they freak Hong and Cuc but Danny rescues them, referring them to "His sisters"
Calvin- a best friend of Danny Vo. Helps Danny get all the information he doesn't know. He is black American and because of this, Ba said that he's a bad spirit when he is first to visit Danny's house in the New Year for the project
Lashandra- a sister of Calvin