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raehink's review
4.0
Mai and her grandmother are living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Some of their Hmong family are already in the United States and Mai dreams of joining them. Things finally work out so that she and Grandma can go to Providence, Rhode Island and live with her cousins. I love how Mai describes all the new things she encounters, things that we definitely use without a second thought (appliances, school lunch, smoke alarms, bus rides, etc). And the author does a wonderful job of weaving the Hmong tradition into the American ones. This was a great read.
allyjb's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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