Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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By Bui, Thi2017., Adolescent, Abrams ComicArts Call No: GN B BUI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, exploring the anguish of immigration.
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2008, Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a storm sweeps in, Tinh's father tells him to tie up their fishing boat but the storm scares him and he runs away, but when the damage to the boat is discovered, Tinh realizes what he must do.
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By Crowe, Chris[2014]., Adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Historical FIC Crowe Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Douglas Ashe keeps a weekly record of historical and personal events in 1968, the year he turns seventeen, including the escalating war in Vietnam, assassinations, rampant racism, and rioting; his first girlfriend, his parents' separation, and a longed-for sister.
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-- Dog tag summerc2011., Bloomsbury Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the summer of 1980 before she starts junior high school in Santa Rosa, California, Tracy, who was adopted from Vietnam when she was six years old, finds an old ammo box with a dog tag and picture that bring up painful memories for both her Vietnam-veteran father and her.
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1999, Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When eleven-year-old Bobbie Lynn's father is reported missing in action in Vietnam, she and her thirteen-year-old brother must learn to cope with their own despair, as well as their mother's breakdown.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: HISTORICAL F HOL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1971, twelve-year-old Lucy Rossi's dad returns from Vietnam after losing part of his arm, and her whole family must learn to adjust to a new dynamic, but Lucy's friend Milo unknowingly helps her navigate through this difficult time of fear and uncertainty to realize she is much tougher than she thought.
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[2015]., Creston Books, LLC Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In a cozy seaside house in Vietnam, a mother cooks, a child naps, and a cricket paints the story of a fisherman who longs to return home to his family.
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[2009]., Pre-adolescent, Yearling Call No: [Fic] Edition: First Yearling edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd.
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2009., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Mystery FIC BRYANT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd.
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2002, c2001., Juvenile, Simon Pulse Call No: F EAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: For more than a year, fourteen-year-old Kristin uses her diary to record her confused thoughts about the physical changes brought on by adolescence and the emotional strain on her family of living with the "ghost" of her beloved older brother who was physically and mentally destroyed while serving in Vietnam.
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By Lai, Thanhha2015, Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a back-breaking straight-A school year filled with too many extracurricular activities to count, twelve-year-old Mai's parents "reward" her by sending her to Vietnam, so she can get in touch with her roots. At first miserable, not knowing the language or customs, Mai spends time with her grandmother and learns to love her heritage, and even discovers secrets about her family's past, such as what happened to her grandfather during the war.
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By Lai, Thanhha2015., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The last thing Mia wants to do is spend the summer with her grandmother in Vietnam. But decades after "THE WAR," Ba still thinks Ong, Mia's grandfather, is alive.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: [Fic] Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The last thing Mia wants to do is spend the summer with her grandmother in Vietnam. But decades after "THE WAR," Ba still thinks Ong, Mia's grandfather, is alive.
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By Lai, Thanhha2015., Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: FIC LAI Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After a back-breaking straight-A school year filled with too many extracurricular activities to count, twelve-year-old Mai's parents "reward" her by sending her to Vietnam, so she can get in touch with her roots. At first miserable, not knowing the language or customs, Mai spends time with her grandmother and learns to love her heritage, and even discovers secrets about her family's past, such as what happened to her grandfather during the war.
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By Lai, Thanhha[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FIC LAI Edition: 1st editon. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Mai is sick of being perfect and her straight A's and extracurricular activities have gotten her a much unwanted trip to Vietnam with her family so she can learn more about her roots. But as time goes on, Mai grows closer to her family and she begins to understand her culture.
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2023., Adolescent, Bloomsbury Call No: HORROR FIC TRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyrn 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.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Pajama Press Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ho Chi Min City, 1981. When four-year-old Van woke up one morning, her mother and three siblings were gone. Van didn't think too much of it until later in the day, when her grandmother said they weren't coming back.
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1991., Gareth Stevens Children's Books Call No: 959.704 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Children of the worldSummary Note: Presents the life of an eleven-year-old girl and her family in Vietnam, describing her home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, ethnic composition, languages, culture, and other aspects of her country.
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-- War and watermelon2011., Puffin Books Call No: FIC WALLACE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.