The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam Paperback - 1986
by Quang Nhuong Huynh; Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator)
The author lived in a hamlet in the central highlands of Vietnam, surrounded by jungle on one side and a river on the other, where he and the villagers encountered animals daily--some easily tamed, others, like tigers and wild hogs, which were terribly dangerous. "This first-person narrative brims with life".--School Library Journal.
From the rear cover
The land I love was lost to me forever.
These stories are my memories....Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands if Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet water buffalo, Tank. Here are fifteen tale that will transport you into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger -- and a way of life that is gone forever.
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- Title The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam
- Author Quang Nhuong Huynh; Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1986-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780064401838 / 0064401839
- Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 7.63 x 5.16 x 0.42 in (19.38 x 13.11 x 1.07 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1090
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Central Highlands (Vietnam) - Social life, Huynh, Quang Nhuong
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98218787
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 11/01/1992, Page 502
- Publishers Weekly, 12/12/1986, Page 0
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