"Eleven-year-old Lam, her brothers, and other ethnic Chinese flee Vietnam in 1979, embarking on a long and perilous journey toward a refugee camp, where Lam finds new hope and happiness. Includes historical notes, glossary, and pronunciation guide"--Provided by publisher.
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call number/section: 1000
subjects: brothers and sisters, juvenile fiction, refugees, boat people, vietnam, voyages and travels, fiction, siblings, juvenile fiction / social issues / emigration & immigration, juvenile fiction / stories in verse, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), vietnam, juvenile fiction, 1971-1980, fiction, novels in verse, historical fiction, biographical fiction