Author: Thanhha Lai
Harper Collins Publishers, 2011
Realistic Fiction
Age Range: 10-16 Suggested Reader Level: Semi-Easy Reader
If You liked this book, try: Young Fredle, How To Train
Your Dragon, Savvy
This is a VERY moving book of poems about a young girl’s trip
from a war-ridden Saigon to a new country full of strange things; nightgowns, Church,
deep-fried chicken, and worst of all, dry, sugary, not-at-all fresh, papaya
slices, so different from the fresh, juicy papaya from her papaya tree. Only the
bitter-sweet memories of her home help her to cope with this new way of life.
I enjoy the parts in the book where she is learning with Mrs.Washington. I enjoy the dedication
“To the millions of refugees in the world, may each of you find a home”so
awe-inspiring! I love the format of the book. I feel that putting the book
into poems really express the feelings and it is so unique! I love it.
I rate it
9 out of 10
WRITTEN BY:
A, 7/12/2014
