| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm |
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School children |
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age Children |
| Audience |
Ages 4-8. |
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Grades: PreK-3 |
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Lexile: AD130L. |
| Summary |
"In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"-- Provided by publisher. |
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If you had to leave everything behind and travel by boat across rocky waters to find safe harbor...what would you wish for? In the middle of the night, a family quickly packs up what they can carry and leaves their entire world, traveling to a new and unknown place. The voyage is perilous, but the heart's wishes prevail in this emotional journey of resilience, belonging, and hope.--Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Van, Muon -- Family -- Juvenile fiction.
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Refugees -- Vietnam -- Juvenile fiction.
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Refugees. |
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Vietnam. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Immigrants. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
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Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Boats and boating -- Juvenile fiction.
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Boats and boating. |
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Vietnamese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Vietnamese Americans. |
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Wishes -- Juvenile fiction.
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Wishes. |
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Families. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Picture books.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Ngai, Victo, 1988- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781338305890 (hardcover) |
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1338305891 (hardcover) |
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