In 1982 twelve-year-old Vonlai, his parents, and sister Dalah, escape from Laos to a Thai refugee camp where they spend four long years struggling to survive in hopes of one day reaching America.
year: 2010
call number/section: 1000
subjects: family life, thailand, fiction, immigration and emigration, siblings, refugees, laotians, thailand, history, 20th century, fiction, laos, politics and government