LEADER 00000cam  2200000 a 4500 
001    ocm53356276 
003    OCoLC 
005    20041112144842.0 
008    030811s2004    nyua   c b    001 0beng   
010      2003060672 
020    0374322244:|c$17.00 
035    (OCoLC)53356276 
035    (Sirsi) i0374322244 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dTEF|dXY4 
042    lcac 
043    n-us---|aa-vt--- 
049    CKEA 
050 00 E184.V53|bS74 2004 
082 00 959.704/3/086*45|222 
100 1  Warren, Andrea. 
245 10 Escape from Saigon :|bhow a Vietnam War orphan became an 
       American boy /|cAndrea Warren. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,|c2004. 
300    110 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Melanie Kroupa books." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [103]-104) and 
       index. 
505 0  Little boy all alone -- New life in Saigon -- Home at Holt
       -- Family for long -- No way out -- Crash of the C-5A -- 
       Operation babylift -- Flight to freedom -- Into the eye of
       the storm -- Real American boy -- Return to Vietnam -- 
       Afterword -- Multimedia recommendations -- Sources -- 
       Acknowledgments -- Photo credits -- Index. 
520    Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy 
       from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his 
       departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and 
       his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American 
       family in Ohio. Annotation. An unforgettable true story of
       an orphan caught in the midst of war Over a million South 
       Vietnamese children were orphaned by the Vietnam War. This
       affecting true account tells the story of Long, who, like 
       more than 40,000 other orphans, is Amerasian -- a mixed-
       race child -- with little future in Vietnam. Escape from 
       Saigon allows readers to experience Long's struggle to 
       survive in war-torn Vietnam, his dramatic escape to 
       America as part of "Operation Babylift" during the last 
       chaotic days before the fall of Saigon, and his life in 
       the United States as "Matt," part of a loving Ohio family.
       Finally, as a young doctor, he journeys back to Vietnam, 
       ready to reconcile his Vietnamese past with his American 
       present. As the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the 
       Vietnam War approaches, this compelling account provides a
       fascinating introduction to the war and the plight of 
       children caught in the middle of it. 
526 0  Accelerated Reader AR|bMG|c6.2|d4.0|z79911. 
586 8  A Junior Library Guild selection. 
600 10 Steiner, Matt|vJuvenile literature. 
600 11 Steiner, Matt. 
650  0 Vietnamese Americans|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 
650  0 Adopted children|zUnited States|vBiography|vJuvenile 
       literature. 
650  0 Orphans|zVietnam|vBiography|vJuvenile literature. 
650  0 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|xChildren|vJuvenile literature. 
650  0 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|xRefugees|vJuvenile literature. 
650  1 Vietnamese Americans|vBiography. 
650  1 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|xChildren. 
650  1 Intercountry adoption. 
650  1 Interracial adoption. 
650  1 Adoption. 
651  0 Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)|vBiography|vJuvenile 
       literature. 
914    FARM96196 
994    92|bCKE