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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 grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage., For the past 10 years, 13-year-old Mai Yang has been living in a refugee camp in Thailand with her grandmother. The pair face new challenges when they leave Thailand and immigrate to the United States to live with relatives in Providence, Rhode Island. Although Mai Yang's grandmother is reluctant to begin life in a new country, Mai Yang herself can't wait to immerse herself in the American culture. However, once she settles in with her Americanized cousins, Mai Yang realizes that although she wants to be American, she also does not want to give up her Hmong heritage.
| Size | | Length: | 236 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 13.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"While eloquently expressing how the threads tying Mai Yang to her heritage become entangled with new values, the author creates a delicate, credible balance between sorrow and joy, and builds dramatic tension as Mai Yang struggles to become American without losing her Hmong identity."
Publishers Weekly (09/22/2003)
"Shea captures the complicated emotions of a thirteen-year-old girl in the midst of enormous personal changes."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Karen Coats (12/01/2003)
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