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Goodbye, Vietnam

by Gloria Whelan

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Thirteen year old Mai narrates the story of her family's flight from their small village in Vietnam. They leave on a rickety, crowded boat headed for the safety of Hong Kong.

A peek into the lives of immigrants. (

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Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (1995-1996.3|Intermediate, 1995-1996)

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"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination, hope, love, and courage in the face of the most devastating of circumstances and injustices."--Booklist.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400)

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