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Available
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Publication
Clarion Books (2003), Edition: 0, Hardcover, 240 pages
Description
After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage.
Awards
Skipping Stones Honor Award (2004)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Connecticut Book Award (Winner — 2004)
CCBC Choices (2004)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (Rhode Island)