This booklist contains both Non-fiction and fiction materials about the history, culture, and people of Vietnam. This list is not necessarily in Vietanmese.
This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 3/07
A long way from home(1980)A 15-year-old Vietnamese refugee having difficulty adjusting to the strange ways and language of the United States and his adoptive home runs away to a Vietnamese fishing community hoping he can "belong" there. A sequel to A Boat to Nowhere.
Dead man in Catfish Bay(1985)A teenaged visitor is caught in the turmoil when tensions between local and Vietnamese refugee fishermen leads to violence and murder in Catfish Cove.
Georgie's moon(2006)With a chip on her shoulder and a talent for disruption, seventh-grader Georgie Collins moves with her mom to a small Indiana town, where they await the return of Georgie's father from Vietnam.
Goodbye, Vietnam(1992)Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government.
Hello, my name is Scrambled Eggs(1986,)When his folks host a Vietnamese family that has come to settle in their town, Harvey enjoys Americanizing twelve-year-old Tuan.
The journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps(2002)An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
Little brother(1992)In Cambodia after the Vietnamese War, Vithy learns to overcome social upheaval, a hostile jungle, and his own inability to trust, in order to rescue his older brother.
Onion tears(1991)A little Vietnamese girl tries to come to terms with her grief over the loss of her family and her new life with the Australian family with whom she lives.
Park's quest(1988)Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather's farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam War.
Rage of fire(1998)Map of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on endpapers.
Jack, Ashley, and their parents visit Hawaii where they meet a Vietnamese boy who is going to live with his American grandfather whom he has never met, and are pursued by the Goddess Pele.
Sing for your father, Su Phan(1997)Recalls the events in a North Vietnamese village that forever changed the lives of the youngest daughter of a prosperous trader and her family.
Sophie in the saddle(1994)Having added the puppy Puddle to her growing menagerie of cat and rabbit, animal-mad Sophie makes friends with a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and a gray pony named Bumblebee.
The voyage of the Lucky Dragon(1982)A young Vietnamese boy recounts the perils and hardships endured by his family as they journey to Indonesia, Singapore and finally to Australia seeking political asylum.
The Trouble Begins(2005)Reunited with his family for the first time since he was a baby, fifth grader Du struggles to adapt to his new home in the United States.
Véro and Philippe(2001)When Mother fires the housekeeper life becomes difficult for the entire Vo family, Vietnamese immigrants to France in 1964, but eight-year-old Véro and her twelve-year-old brother, Philippe, work together to try to convince Mother to rehire her.
What it's all about(1975)The adoption of a Vietnamese orphan by eleven-year-old Bernadette's mother and stepfather marks the beginning of a period of changing family relationships.
Zazoo(2001)Amid old secrets revealed and rifts healed, a thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" learns about life, death, and love.