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I enjoyed reading this poetic short novel for middle grade children.
Beautifully and crisply written. Maybe crisp isn’t the right feeling. Things that I loved: words that make pictures and show feelings, family members who don’t always get it right but mostly are also doing their best, complicated feelings not brushed aside or over explained, impressions of classmates and foods and school experiences and neighbors’ reactions that feel true. The neighbors. The new dress. School lunches. English and its nonsensical rules. Missing foods and traditions. Not the same
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These poems broke my heart, yet were so heartwarming. I felt so bad for the hardships this family went through during the last years of the Vietnam war, and subsequent re- homing in the USA. I recommend this book to everyone.
These poems broke my heart, yet were so heartwarming. I felt so bad for the hardships this family went through during the last years of the Vietnam war, and subsequent re- homing in the USA. I recommend this book to everyone.
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