<span> The quotes best illustrate moon shadow's determination to help achieve his father's dream is: </span><span>"Neither the costs nor the troubles we met building Dragon wings could stop us." </span> The Seven-year-old Moon Shadow Lee lives and works on his family farm in China in 1903. Moon Shadow has ne'er<span> met his father, </span>who left<span> </span>to work<span> in America, and he </span>perpetually<span> pesters Mother </span>to inform<span> stories </span>concerning<span> his </span>pater<span>, the master kite-maker. </span>
<span>Windrider, his father, sends for Moon Shadow </span>to come back<span> to America and </span>abide<span> him. O</span>nce<span> Moon Shadow arrives, his father introduces him to their all-male family abroad: The proud leader Uncle Bright Star, the </span>cook<span> White </span>cervid<span>, the </span>writer<span> Lefty, and Hand Clap, the exaggerator. These men </span>square measure cited because of the<span> Company since they live and run a </span>launderette along within the<span> Tang people's village in </span>point of entry<span>, California.</span>