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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyen is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing up as a vacation rental, but unbeknownst to her family, the house and its ghosts have other plans.
5) Wishes
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Language
English
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Description
The powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on one of the youngest members of the family. Inspired by actual events in the author's life, this is a narrative that is both timely and timeless. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the story chronicles a family's difficult and powerful journey to pack up what they can carry and to...
6) Finding Papa
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Young Mai and her mother embark on a long, perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa, who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Four best friends serving in the Vietnam War make a pledge to one another that they will do all they can to return home safely together.
9) Fly free!
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
When Mai feeds the caged birds at a Buddhist temple in Vietnam, her simple act of kindness starts a chain of thoughtful acts that ultimately comes back to her. Includes author's note explaining the Buddhist concepts of karma and samsara, or the wheel of life.
11) Last flight
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister's eyes from tear gas; sneaking...
13) The cricket war
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Escaping from Communist Vietnam by boat in 1980, eleven-year-old Tho Phạm tries to be brave as he sets out into the unknown without his family, in this gripping survival story drawn from real-life experiences.
15) This is Têt!
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the city to the countryside, discover the Tet traditions of Vietnamese families during New Year celebrations.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Enlisting as a group when one of them is drafted into the Vietnam War, best friends Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck pledge their loyalty to one another before reporting to different branches of service.
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