| Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival Contributor(s): Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk (Author), Ho, Tuan (With), Deines, Brian (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1772781193 ISBN-13: 9781772781199 Publisher: Pajama Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2024 * Out of Print * |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emigration & Immigration - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Asia |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016462570 |
| Age Level: 8-12 |
| Grade Level: 3-7 |
| Lexile Measure: 540 |
| Physical Information: 40 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 197744 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now in paperback, the award-winning first picture book to recount the dramatic true story of a refugee family's perilous escape from Vietnam It is 1981. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a fishing boat overloaded with 60 Vietnamese refugees drifts. The motor has failed; the hull is leaking; the drinking water is nearly gone. This is the dramatic true story recounted by Tuan Ho, who was six years old when he, his mother, and two sisters dodged the bullets of Vietnam's military police for the perilous chance of boarding that boat. Told to multi-award-winning author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and illustrated by the celebrated Brian Deines, Tuan's story has become Adrift At Sea, the first picture book to describe the flight of Vietnam's "Boat People" refugees. Illustrated with sweeping oil paintings and complete with an expansive Author's Note, this non-fiction picture book returns in a paperback edition as the world continues to grapple with the plight of refugees risking all for the chance at safety and a new life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk: - Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is a multi-award-winning author of historical fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. Dance of the Banished was a USSBY Outstanding International Book, a White Ravens Selection, and the winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited with her Family was a USBBY Outstanding International Book, an ILA Notable Book for a Global Society, and an NCTA Freeman Book Award honorable mention. Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War won the Red Cedar Information Book Award and its sequel, One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way won the OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award. Both were Bank Street Best Books. Her other acclaimed titles include Stolen Child, Making Bombs for Hitler, and Underground Soldier. Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario.Deines, Brian: - Brian Deines is a fine artist and the award-winning illustrator of over twenty children's books, including Elephant Journey, A Bear in War, Bear on the Homefront, and In a Cloud of Dust. Dragonfly Kites was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Illustration and the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. Brian lives in Toronto, Ontario.Ho, Tuan: - Tuan Ho escaped Vietnam at age six in 1981 among thousands of other "boat people" refugees. Through author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, he has told the story of how he, his mother, and two sisters survived five days adrift on the ocean with dwindling fresh water before being rescued by a U.S. aircraft carrier. Joining the rest of his family in Canada, he went on to attend school in Toronto and is now an accomplished physiotherapist with his own clinic. His wife Edae, a primary school teacher, is the child of other Vietnamese boat people refugees who settled in Ireland and then Canada. Tuan and Edae have two young daughters, Madeline and Emily. |
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