Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
110 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 4.0 79911. |
Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
Note |
"Melanie Kroupa books." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [103]-104) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Steiner, Matt -- Juvenile literature.
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Vietnamese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Adopted children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Orphans -- Vietnam -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children -- Juvenile literature.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees -- Juvenile literature.
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Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Steiner, Matt.
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Vietnamese Americans -- Biography.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children.
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Intercountry adoption.
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Interracial adoption.
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Adoption.
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ISBN |
0374322244: $17.00 |
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