What is the summary of Dragonwings?

Lesson Summary

Dragonwings is a work of historical fiction that combines Chinese folklore about dragons with real historical events such as Chinese immigration to California, the great earthquake of 1906, and the story of a father and son who want to fly a plane.

What is the conflict in Dragonwings?

Dragonwings is largely a story about moving from one place to another. After Windrider kills a man in self-defense, he and Moon Shadow must leave the Tang people’s village to avoid revenge from the deceased man’s family.