Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy Contributor(s): Warren, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374400237 ISBN-13: 9780374400231 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2008 * Out of Print * Annotation: More than a million South Vietnamese children were orphaned by the Vietnam War. This affecting, true account tells the story of Long, who, like more than 40,000 other orphans, is a mixed-race child with little future in Vietnam and his dramatic escape to America. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Asia - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: B |
Age Level: 10-14 |
Grade Level: 5-9 |
Lexile Measure: 930(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.4" W x 9.1" L (0.60 lbs) 110 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 79911 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An unforgettable true story of an orphan caught in the midst of war Over a million South Vietnamese children were orphaned by the Vietnam War. This affecting true account tells the story of Long, who, like more than 40,000 other orphans, is Amerasian -- a mixed-race child -- with little future in Vietnam. Escape from Saigon allows readers to experience Long's struggle to survive in war-torn Vietnam, his dramatic escape to America as part of Operation Babylift during the last chaotic days before the fall of Saigon, and his life in the United States as Matt, part of a loving Ohio family. Finally, as a young doctor, he journeys back to Vietnam, ready to reconcile his Vietnamese past with his American present. |
Contributor Bio(s): Warren, Andrea: - I grew up in a tiny Nebraska town, and our public library was my refuge. I still remember books I read and reread there. At the time, it never occurred to me that someday I could write books. In fact, it took me several decades to confront my desire to write full-time. I kept waiting for someone to tell me to do it--to give me permission. I finally had to give myself permission, and it was the hardest and the easiest thing I've ever done. While I love fiction, I am happy at present writing historical nonfiction. I might have majored in history and devoted my teaching career to it except for one major problem: I so often found it boring. Wars and treaties and successions of kings and presidents didn't interest me nearly as much as the people behind the facts. I loved historical literature, like War and Peace, which taught me the facts but did so almost surreptitiously because I was so engrossed in the lives of the characters. I have tried to pattern my writing for children in the same way. Andrea Warren was born October 30, 1946, in Norfolk, Nebraska. She received her bachelors of science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1968, and a master's in English from the same university in 1971. Ms. Warren also received a master's in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1983. She has written numerous books for young readers, including Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps, which was named a 2002 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. |
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