Learning to Fly

By Paul Yee

Jason is on outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Trying hard to fit in, Jason falls in with the wrong crowd and ends up in trouble with the police. Jason finds he needs to fight to belong. Does he have what it takes to make this new place his home?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: Oct 1, 2008
• ISBN: 9781551439570

Paul Yee

PAUL YEE was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. A former archivist, he now writes full time. His books have won many awards and honors, including the Governor General's Award (Ghost Train), the Ruth Schwartz Award (Ghost Train and Roses Sing on New Snow), and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award (Tales from Gold Mountain). He has won the Vancouver Book Award and been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize, and his books have been named to several lists, including NYPL Books for the Teen Age (Dead Man’s Gold), ALA Notables and Booklist's Top Ten Historical Fiction. Most recently, Paul’s young adult novel Money Boy was named a Stonewall Honor Book and he won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. Paul lives in Toronto.