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Tangled threads
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Pegi Deitz Shea |
After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her gra… |
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Head kick
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Patrick Jones |
"Nong Vang dreams one day he'll become a MMA superstar, but his real life turns into a nightmare when his bully big brother returns to town. This young Hmong ultimate fighter can trash talk, but insi… |
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The bride price
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Mai Neng Moua |
"A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decid… |
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Gathering fireflies
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Mai Chao Duddeck |
"Dreams are like fireflies... Kashia is 13 years old and only hears bits and pieces of his Hmong heritage. His curiosity and quest for knowledge are awakened when he interviews his grandparents, Mai … |
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Across the Mekong River
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Elaine Russell |
In a California courtroom, seventeen-year-old Nou Lee reels with what she is about to do. What she must do to survive. She reflects on the splintered path that led to this moment, beginning twelve ye… |
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Pushed to shore
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Kate Gadbow |
"In an essay written for his ESL class, a young student describes his flight from Vietnam at the age of twelve, in a fishing boat with three friends.
They were beaten by Thai pirates, fell faint wit… |
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Latehomecomer
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Kao Kalia Yang |
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a wri… |
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