https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2016-12-16 00:34:32 UTC 2017-01-13 15:48:34 UTC hello@padlet.com emmalewis https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973472 Moon Shadow is witty. In the novel it states, "He rapped my forehead with his knuckle. "This boy has character at least." Everyone laughed, relieved." (Yep 20).
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Moon Shadow is intelligent. In the text it says, "We walked along for a while. "Houses don't mean much. It's the people inside them that are important," I said." (Yep 249).
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Moonshadow is lucky. In the novel it states, ""Penny for your thoughts," Robin said. "You'd be paying too much." "No, really, what were you thinking?" "I was thinking how lucky I am." (Yep 313)]]> 2016-12-16 00:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973472 emmalewis https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973483 Moon Shadow is curious. In the text it states, "I was curious about the Land of the Golden Mountain mainly because my father was there. I had, of course, never seen my father." (Yep 2).  
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Moon Shadow is observant. In the text it states, "He was in his eighties and a short and fat and built like a rock. He had a round face, with broad cheek and a weak chin that made his thick lips seem to protrude even more." (Yep 19&20).
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Moon Shadow is supportive. In the text it says, ""I believe you were there, Father." I touched his arm shyly. "Something as beautiful as that has to be true." (Yep 60).
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Moonshadow is optimistic. In the novel it states, "Then I realized that to be a dragon meant more than just taking an interest in the magic of machines." (Yep 108).
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Moonshadow is terrified. In the text it states, "I looked at Father horrified, for these demons had turned the story of dragons upside down if they thought a holy man would kill them." (Yep 139).
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Moonshadow is nervous. In the novel it states, "It got so that I was afraid at night to go outside to the pump in the back yard, because I was afraid the demons might be attracted by the sound of splashing water." (Yep 154).
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Moonshadow is expantant. In the text it says, "Thinking of the dean, I began to think about how quickly things pass by in this world. I had a feeling that all this was likely to disappear, as if I was like one of the heroes, in the old tales, who comes upon a golden palaces folk and they are all beautiful and handsome and richly clothed." (Yep 196).
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Moon Shadow is imaginative. In the text it says, "Sometimes I think there are scales in Heaven, and for every good thing that happens in your life, Heaven balances it with a bad thing." (Yep 239).
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Moonshadow is positive. In the novel it states, "Those next three years were hard years. I was cold sometimes. I was hungry other times. I was tired most of the time. But I could  not say I was really unhappy, only uncomfortable." (Yep 269).]]> 2016-12-16 00:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973483 emmalewis https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973495 Moon Shadow is persistent. In the text it says, "I failed miserably the first times I tried to fly the kite, but Mother would not let me give up; and eventually I got quick enough and strong enough and smart enough so that my kite would be flying far overhead..." (Yep 5).  
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Moon Shadow is obedient. In the novel it says, ""I don't care if it is dung. She made it. You eat it"... The taste was heavenly. I gobbled up one and started for another." (Yep 134).
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Moonshadow is frustrated. In the text it says, "In my frustration, I began to curse him in the Tang people's language, using some of Uncle's more memorable curses." (Yep 152).
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Moonshadow is thankful. In the novel it states, "As I washed the dishes, I said nothing. I did not even smile. But inside, I secretly thanked the Stove Kind perched above our fridge." (Yep 194.)]]> 2016-12-16 00:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973495 emmalewis https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973508 Moon Shadow is mature. In the novel it states, "As for myself, I was treated as a man and not a boy; and the long hours I worked were really no worse than the hours I had worked on our farm." (Yep 63).
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Moon Shadow is contented. In the text it states, "When I came home two hours later from school, I would be in time to grab a quick dinner from the leftovers, wash the dishes, do my other chores and lessons, and then go to bed. I worked sixteen hours a day and had never been happier in my life." (Yep 64&65).
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Moonshadow is brave. In the text it states, "I picked my way through the garbage and over the occasional demon who lay sprawled on the street with the vacant look of dopey. We went two blocks down Dupont Street, and then one block up the steep Street of the Tang People, into an ally." (Yep 112).
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Moon Shadow is strong. In the novel it says, "I swung out and my fist went right to his face. Jack sat down with a plop in the dirt, blood running down from his nose." (Yep 184).
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Moon Shadow is hardworking. In the text it says, "By the time I got home, cooked dinner, and did my lessons and my chores, I would be so tired that I would go right to bed. Eventually I wound up running our household..." (Yep 261).
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Moonshadow is vigorous. In the novel it says, "We strained at the ropes. I stumbled and got up. I stamped at the ground this time, getting better footage." (Yep 298).]]> 2016-12-16 00:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973508 emmalewis https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973513 Moon Shadow is sad. In the novel it states, "I didn't say anything, but father realized I was scared from the way I was shaking." (Yep 42).
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Moon Shadow is mindful. In the text it states, " And in some patches you could see the stars, but I liked to think that they were not stars but the eyes of dragons watching us from above." (Yep 177).]]> 2016-12-16 00:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emmalewis/hkgp1yplai0c/wish/143973513