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As a child growing up in San Francisco in the 1950s, I sometimes met insults when I ventured outside of Chinatown or my neighborhood. I have even been spat on and threatened with a knife. I could have...

Laurence Yep

As a child growing up in San Francisco in the 1950s, I sometimes met insults when I ventured outside of Chinatown or my neighborhood. I have even been spat on and threatened with a knife. I could have...

Tags: life, hate, child

And all of a sudden I saw that if life seems awfully petty most of the time, every now and then there is something noble and beautiful and almost pure that lifts us suddenly out of the pettiness and l...

Laurence Yep

And all of a sudden I saw that if life seems awfully petty most of the time, every now and then there is something noble and beautiful and almost pure that lifts us suddenly out of the pettiness and l...

About Author
Laurence Michael Yep (simplified Chinese: 叶祥添; traditional Chinese: 葉祥添; pinyin: Yè Xiángtiān; born June 14, 1948) is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Honor twice for his Golden Mountain series. In 2005, he received the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his career contribution to American children's literature.

And, as the tiny lights drift into the blackness, the people pray that others around the world will remember Hiroshima and work for world peace. The atom bomb is too terrible a weapon.It must not drop...

Laurence Yep

And, as the tiny lights drift into the blackness, the people pray that others around the world will remember Hiroshima and work for world peace. The atom bomb is too terrible a weapon.It must not drop...

HDC, so she had danced some of the most important roles. Then, after retiring from dancing, she’d become the ballet mistress at HDC. Ms. Ferri was so nice that I couldn’t help wishing she taught balle...

Laurence Yep

HDC, so she had danced some of the most important roles. Then, after retiring from dancing, she’d become the ballet mistress at HDC. Ms. Ferri was so nice that I couldn’t help wishing she taught balle...

I only knew that there was a certain rightness in life--the feeling you got when you did something the way you knew you should.

Laurence Yep

I only knew that there was a certain rightness in life--the feeling you got when you did something the way you knew you should.

If you throw up, Kles said unsympathetically, remember not to face the wind.Yeah, Koko. You're the one who's been complaining about doing the same things lately, Leech said. Enjoy it.Oog, and double o...

Laurence Yep

If you throw up, Kles said unsympathetically, remember not to face the wind.Yeah, Koko. You're the one who's been complaining about doing the same things lately, Leech said. Enjoy it.Oog, and double o...

Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.

Laurence Yep

Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.

Just think of it as a picnic with guns and monsters instead of mosquitoes and ants. Do we have fun or what?

Laurence Yep

Just think of it as a picnic with guns and monsters instead of mosquitoes and ants. Do we have fun or what?

Tags: fantasy, humor

Scientists say that if the bombs drop again, no one will win because no one will survive. All life on Earth will end.

Laurence Yep

Scientists say that if the bombs drop again, no one will win because no one will survive. All life on Earth will end.

She's trying to sabotage all the magic holding this island together. But that would create a catastrophe for all of Hawaii.Well, that does it, Koko huffed. As of today, she's off Christmas card list.

Laurence Yep

She's trying to sabotage all the magic holding this island together. But that would create a catastrophe for all of Hawaii.Well, that does it, Koko huffed. As of today, she's off Christmas card list.

Sometimes a champion is the one who is ready to act, not the strongest or the bravest.

Laurence Yep

Sometimes a champion is the one who is ready to act, not the strongest or the bravest.

Sometimes it's easier to be as bad as they expect you to be.

Laurence Yep

Sometimes it's easier to be as bad as they expect you to be.

The with forbidden the death of warriors

Laurence Yep

The with forbidden the death of warriors

Things are going to happen that you can’t control. You can’t let it bother you. You have to try your best.

Laurence Yep

Things are going to happen that you can’t control. You can’t let it bother you. You have to try your best.

You can learn to change the world or go on being changed by it.

Laurence Yep

You can learn to change the world or go on being changed by it.