Its 1980, and 11yearold Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his afternoons playing soccer and cricket fighting with his friends, but life is slowly changing under the Communists. His parents are worried, and Tho knows the Communist army will soon knock on their door to make his brother, and then him, join them. Still, it shocks him when his father says that arrangements have been made for him to leave Vietnam by boat, immediately. Tho tries to be brave as he sets out on a harrowing journey toward the unknown. Coauthors Tho Pham and Sandra McTavish, childhood friends, have loosely based this historical fiction novel on Thos reallife experience as one of the Vietnamese Boat People, and includes many factual details from his journey on the South China Sea and in a Philippine refugee camp. Depictions of pirate attacks, hunger, and loneliness make for a riveting survival story, sure to elicit empathy for refugees. Eventually adopted by a Canadian elementary school teacher, Thos story is ultimately one of hope, courage, and resilience. Its a valuable resource for social studies lessons on Asian culture and history and on immigration.

Binding: Hardback;160 pages; Publisher: Kids Can Press; Classification: YFB; Weight: 374 g; Dimensions: 141 x 208 x 17

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