Paper Shadows

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{{Infobox book

| name = Paper Shadows:
A Chinatown Childhood

| image = Paper Shadows book cover.jpg

| caption = First edition cover of Canadian release

| author = Wayson Choy

| cover_artist =

| country = Canada

| subject = {{hlist | Immigrant generations | memoirGoodreads, [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/614169.Paper_Shadows Paper Shadows], Book review, 22 November 2012}}

| publisher = Viking Penguin

| pub_date = 1 October 1999

| media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback)

| pages = 352

| isbn = 978-0-312-28415-2

}}{{Short description|1999 memoir by Wayson Choy}}

Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood is a memoir written by the Canadian writer Wayson Choy, first published in October 1999 by Viking Press. In the book, the author chronicles his experience growing up as an immigrant in Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s.Faculty of Arts, 2000, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121001115605/https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11313 Edna Staebler Award], Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Wayson Choy, Retrieved 21 November 2012 Paper Shadows received shortlist honours for the 2000 Vancouver City Book Award and won the 2000 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.