Fiction Breckler, Rosemary K. Hoang Breaks the Lucky Teapot. Illustrated by Adrian Frankel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. This picture book reveals some of the traditions and superstitions that a Vietnamese boat child holds onto in America.
Paterson, Katherine. Park's Quest. New York: Lodestar Books, 1988. As an American boy uncovers the truth about his Vietnam-veteran father, he finds a surprising personal legacy of the Vietnam War.
Pettit, Jayne. My Name Is San Ho. New York: Scholastic, 1992. Lighthearted in this treatment of a Vietnamese boy's adjustment to American junior high school, this story nevertheless has serious undertones.
Surat, Michele Maria. Angel Child, Dragon Child. Illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree Publishers, 1983. This picture book shows a young Vietnamese family's adjustment to life and school in America during the year before the.....
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