Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy
Title
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy
Subject
Steiner, Matt -- Juvenile literature. Vietnamese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Adopted children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Orphans -- Vietnam -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children -- Juvenile literature. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees -- Juvenile literature. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Steiner, Matt. Vietnamese Americans -- Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children. Intercountry adoption. Interracial adoption. Adoption. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees.
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.
Creator
Warren, Andrea
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date
2004
Type
E184 .V53 S74
Identifier
2003.500.2899