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Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of Linda Sue Park and Thanhha Lai, these fifteen tales will transport readers into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger–and a way of life that is gone forever.

The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam

Written by Quang Nhuong Huynh
Illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai
Published by HarperCollins

Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet water buffalo, Tank. Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of Linda Sue Park and Thanhha Lai, these fifteen tales will transport readers into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger–and a way of life that is gone forever.

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Middle Grade, Age 08 or older

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Setting: Vietnam

Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: In Home Country

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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