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Gr 4-8 After fleeing their native Vietnam and spending years in the Philippines recovering from TB, Du Nguyen and his grandmother have come at last to the United States to be reunited with Du -s parents and siblings. The 11-year-old -s life is filled with adjustments to his new family, school, language, and lifestyle. He finds refuge in a storage shed where he hides a cat and plots mischievous revenge on his spying neighbor. Du is rambunctious, impulsive, and stubborn. He harasses his brother and sisters, torments his neighbor, and frustrate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After years in a refugee camp in the Philippines, Du Nguyen and his grandmother are finally joining the rest of the family, who escaped war-torn Vietnam long ago. American life is nothing like he imagined: his family lives in a rundown house, his parents work all the time, his siblings study all the time, and school stinks (his first assignment for fifth grade: write "four beautiful paragraphs about your summer vacation"). Du's nar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More