Pham Tho - The Cricket War - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: It's 1980, and 11 - year - old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his afternoons playing soccer and cricket fighting with his friends but life is slowly changing under the Communists. His parents are worried and Tho knows the Communist army will soon knock on their door to make his brother and then him join them. Still it shocks him when his father says that arrangements have been made for him to leave Vietnam by boat immediately. Tho tries to be brave as he sets out on a harrowing journey toward the unknown. Co - authors Tho Pham and Sandra Mc Tavish childhood friends have loosely based this historical fiction novel on Tho's real - life experience as one of the Vietnamese Boat People and includes many factual details from his journey on the South China Sea and in a Philippine refugee camp. Depictions of pirate attacks hunger and loneliness make for a riveting survival story sure to elicit empathy for refugees. Eventually adopted by a Canadian elementary school teacher Tho's story is ultimately one of hope courage and resilience. It's a valuable resource for social studies lessons on Asian culture and history and on immigration.
Title: The Cricket War
Author(s): Pham Tho, Sandra Mctavish
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Barcode: 9781525306556
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2023
Category: General Fiction (Children's / Teenage)