
Bok choy is a story about a Chinese man that comes NZ and tries to sell bok choy which is a veastble . the story is based in a Chinese village in NZ their are some main characters - Mrs Bishop, Ah Sum, Jacob, William and Jacob’s mum. The story starts with Jacob helping his mother stack firewood and Ah Sum comes to sell his vegetables. Jacob’s mother likes to buy the vegetables from Ah Sum, but Mrs Bishop just makes racist comments and makes fun of him. Ah Sum carries on and then once Mrs Bishop and Jacob’s mum go inside, the two boys talk about the Bok Choy. Jacob is grumpy because his mother keeps buying veges so he decides to go fishing in the river. He falls and slips into the river and he can’t get onto the rocks or stand. He tries to grab a rock but gets knocked out. He wakes up in Ah Sum’s hut and doesn’t know where he is because he’s never been to the Chinese village before. Ah sum takes care of him and says his mum is coming soon his Jacobs mum comes and takes him back to their village and they stand up to Mrs Bishop about the bok choy.
the story is very cool to read because Ah sum made friends.
my favourite part was when Ah sum saved Jacob from drowning.
have you read this book before
Hi Ben,
ReplyDeleteWow this story sounds really good! I think you have done a great job on summarising the main events! And your storyboard explains a lot about the story! Did you enjoy doing this activity?