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Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuck Skrypuch with Tuan Ho, illustrated by Brian Deines

17 May, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American

Prodigious Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch has built an admirable, award-winning reputation by writing about difficult subjects for younger readers, including the Armenian genocide, world wars, and Canadian internment. Her previous focus on the Vietnam War featured survivor/refugee Son Thi Anh Tuyet in a two-part...

The Refugee Experience for Middle Grade and YA Readers [in The Booklist Reader]

13 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Afghan, African, Arab, Biography, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Caribbean, Cuban, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Iranian American, Iraqi, Italian, Lists, Memoir, Middle Eastern, Middle Grade Readers, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

This is the second in a two-part series of recommended books for youth about the refugee experience. For a list of picture books, click here. Canada, with her groovin' President, functional healthcare system, and more welcoming borders, is currently in the throes of "Month 13," the first month following...

Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

26 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Central Asian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Turkish, Young Adult Readers

The year is 1913. Zeynep and Ali are teenage lovers in Anatolia (once Asia Minor, now modern Turkey) who part with a lingering sense of bitterness: Ali's impending departure breaks their promise of escaping their village together. Feeling betrayed, Zeynep turns away: "I refuse to be your...

One Step at a Time : A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

25 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

Introduced to U.S. readers by award-winning Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch in last year's Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War, Son Thi Ahn Tuyet's story continues – literally one step at a time. Now that Tuyet has a real home with her own real family – Dad, Mom, sisters Beth and...

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

21 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is one of those mega-award-winning Canadian authors (with more than a dozen titles) who hasn't crossed over our shared border (just yet!) with the same success. She's best known for her historical novels for younger readers about what must be one of...

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Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuck Skrypuch with Tuan Ho, illustrated by Brian Deines

The Refugee Experience for Middle Grade and YA Readers [in The Booklist Reader]

Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

One Step at a Time : A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

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