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Author
Series
Vietnam volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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.
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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.
5) Last flight
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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...
6) My first day
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"This is no ordinary first journey. The rainy season has come to the Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way, he is confronted by giant crested waves, heavy rainfall and eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown, An realizes that he is not alone and continues to paddle. He knows it will all be worth it...
7) Wishes
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"--
Author
Series
Saving H'non volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
While volunteering at a wildlife rescue center near Yok Don National Park in Vietnam, Chang helps rescue an injured and abused Asian elephant named H'Non. For decades, H'Non was forced to haul heavy timber logs and concrete poles at construction sites, and then to carry riders at tourist attractions all day long with no break. While nursing H'Non back to health, Chang is tasked with finding a kind mahout—an elephant trainer—who will teach H'Non...