black metal punch is attached to a rectangular wooden block. Manufacture name embossed on the side: "Mow Wo and Dere Company 853 Grant Ave San Fransisco California."
Summarizes the legacy of discrimination against Chinese American immigrants to the Pacific Northwest. Also details efforts to chronicle and preserve that history.
After her mother moves out, a ten-year-old Cambodian American girl and her old-fashioned father leave their home in Florida to begin a new life in San Diego, experiencing turmoil and change as they slowly adjust to their new circumstances.