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Escape from Saigon
How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy
By Warren, Andrea
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37432-224-3
- Publisher
- Kroupa Farrar
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2004
Gr 5-9 Warren relates the story of the 1975 Operation Babylift as seen through the eyes of Long, an eight-year-old Amerasian boy who was part of the airlift. The author uses narrative and reconstructions of conversations from interviews with those involved to trace Long's life, beginning with his indistinct memories of his American father and his more vivid recollections of his Vietnamese mother's suicide and his grandmother's struggle to protect and support him during wartime. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
In 1975 an Amerasian child, Long, emigrated from Vietnam to the United States, was adopted by Jim and Mary Steiner, and renamed Matthew. This is his story, filled with sacrifice and courage. With his father absent and his mother dead, Long had lived with Ba, his devoted grandmother, in Saigon. But when he was seven, Ba, no longer able to care for him, gave him to Holt Interna...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
