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Language
English
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Hattie Kong, a retired teacher and a descendant of Confucius, has decided that its time to start over. She moves to the peaceful New England town of Riverlake, a place that once represented the rock-solid base of American life. Instead of quietude, Hattie discovers a town challenged by cell-phone towers, chain stores, and struggling farms. Soon Hattie is joined by an immigrant Cambodian family on the run, andquite unexpectedlyCarter Hatch, a love...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab, a division of Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Sofie, sixteen, lives alone with her father, a Scottish fisherman, on New Hampshire's coast and is not prepared for the return of her pregnant mother, a Cambodian immigrant, or for the forbidden relationship she has begun with a young Army medic back from Afghanistan.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
Describes the Ung family's experiences of relocation from war-torn Cambodia and assimilation in Vermont, a transition marked by leaving a sibling behind and the family's struggles to forge a new life in a very different society.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Like feathery seeds, a young girl and her mother take flight, putting down roots in an adopted country. Soon they blossom in their new home, strong and beautiful among hundreds of others just like them. . . A poetic tribute to the bravery of immigrants and refugees, inspired by the author's childhood experience of moving to the United States from Cambodia"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, hailed as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). And he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays, published in n+1, the New Yorker, and The Millions. Songs on Endless Repeat gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, the essays examine...
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