Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))

by Andrea Warren

Hardcover, 2004

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Culture, NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, Biography, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2004), Edition: 1st, 128 pages

Description

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.

Awards

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2005)
Society of Midland Authors Award (Winner — Children's Nonfiction — 2005)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Children's Book Award — 2008)
CCBC Choices (2005)
4 more
Notable Book for a Global Society (Nonfiction: Informational Books & Biographies — 2005)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth (2004)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2005)
Book Links Lasting Connections (2004)

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2004

Pages

128

Physical description

128 p.; 9.56 inches

ISBN

0374322244 / 9780374322243

DDC/MDS

959.704

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