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The Vietnamese

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 

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A long way from home by Maureen Crane Wartski(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 by Mary Blount Christian(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.

book jacketGeorgie's moon by Chris Woodworth(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.

book jacketGoodbye, Vietnam by Gloria Whelan(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.

book jacketHello, my name is Scrambled Eggs by Jamie Gilson(1986,)When his folks host a Vietnamese family that has come to settle in their town, Harvey enjoys Americanizing twelve-year-old Tuan.

book jacketThe journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps by Ellen Emerson White(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.

book jacketLittle brother by Allan Baillie(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.

book jacketOnion tears by Diana Kidd(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.

book jacketPark's quest by Katherine Paterson(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.

book jacketRage of fire by Gloria Skurzynski(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.

book jacketSing for your father, Su Phan by Stella Pevsner(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.

book jacketSophie in the saddle by Dick King-Smith(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 by Jack Bennett(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.

book jacketThe Trouble Begins by Linda Himelblau(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.

book jacketVéro and Philippe by Caroline Kim Hatton(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 by Norma Klein(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.

book jacketZazoo by Richard Mosher(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.

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