Goodbye, Vietnam

by Gloria Whelan

Book Overview

"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067982376X
• ISBN13: 9780679823766
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK

My friends were reading this book and they said it was good so I triend it and it is one of my favorite books now. This book is a story about a girl and how she escapes with her family to Hong Kong and then on to America. Its a have to read!

For young readers.

I believe that this book is good for children because it explains things like sacrifice, suffering, and courage clearly. If a child reads this book, he or she will be interested because the principal character (a 13 years old) is telling the story. So, young readers can feel good witn this book, and also they learn about the true meaning of life. Finally, I would recomended that all children read this fantastic story.

get life!!!

I really like this story very much. Because there are much type of life, love, sad, grad, die, newlife in this story. Before I read this story, I didn't know about Vietam War well. Mai's family and other Vietnammese people were left their own place. When I thoght "why they had to Escape?"I was so sad. Because when I lived in my country(Japan), I nevre have this cituation. Because there are no more war right now. I think this story is very good for my generation.I could about war and refugees. Also I could know to live is not easy. So Japanese young guy's are should readthis book! Anyway thank you for your recommend this book Mr.Nicholas!!!

Escape for a good life and freedom

A 13 years old,Mai,and her family-father,mother, grandmother,her sister and brother-left their country,Vietnam,because the government wanted to arrest the grandmother and wanted the people work for them instead go to school,etc.Mai and her family left Veitnam by boat which had a lot of people.they spent a long time in the boat and lots of situations happened in that boat.Finally they found the land,Hong Kong,that they met other people from Vietmam.They stayed in the warehouse with other thousands people.It was a bad time there,however they could go to USA by supporting of their close reletive.