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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"[A] portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam--and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable...
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When her grandparents sign her up for the Benton Bluff Junior High band Tally Nguyen is horrified and worried about what the kids on her snowboarding team will think--but she comes to realize that she doesn't need to choose between the groups.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
At the height of the Vietnam War, Brian Holcomb, an ambitious young naval officer, discovers serious problems aboard the guided missile ship on which he is serving--problems which make the ship vulnerable to a potentially deadly air assault by the North Vietnamese, and which her captain seems unwilling or unable to address.
5) Sea Sirens
Author
Series
A Trot and Cap'n Bill adventure volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Trot, a Vietnamese American surfer girl, and Cap'n Bill, her cranky one-eyed cat, catch too big a wave and wipe out, sucked down into a magical underwater kingdom where an ancient deep-sea battle rages"--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
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