Goodbye, Vietnam

by Gloria Whelan

2021-01-02 10:27:12

"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 ... Read more
"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.   Less

Book Details

File size7.56 X 5.13 X 0.34 in
Print pages144
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
Publication date October 19, 1993
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780679823766
Gloria and her husband Joseph moved from Detroit to the woods of northern Michigan several years ago.  Many of Gloria's books take place during the summer -- because she does a lot of her wr...

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