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My father, the panda killer / Jamie Jo Hoang.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.1.H5978 My 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoang, Jamie Jo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Vietnamese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- Vietnamese Americans.
- Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
- Refugees.
- Boat people--Vietnam--Juvenile fiction.
- Boat people.
- Generational trauma--Juvenile fiction.
- Generational trauma.
- Asian American teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
- Asian American teenagers.
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
- Vietnamese Americans--Fiction.
- Refugees--Fiction.
- Boat people--Vietnam.
- Vietnam.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Juvenile works
- Novels
- Domestic fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 361 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- "San Jose, 1999. Jane knows her Vietnamese dad can't control his temper. Lost in a stupid daydream, she forgot to pick up her seven-year-old brother, Paul, from school. Inside their home, she hands her dad the stick he hits her with. This is how it's always been. She deserves this. Not because she forgot to pick up Paul, but because at the end of the summer she's going to leave him when she goes away to college. As Paul retreats inward, Jane realizes she must explain where their dad's anger comes from. The problem is, she doesn't quite understand it herself. Đ̉ Næng, 1975. Ph͠c (pronounced /fo^ok/, rhymes with duke) is eleven the first time his mother walks him through a field of mines he's always been warned never to enter. Guided by cracks of moonlight, Ph͠c moves past fallen airplanes and battle debris to a refugee boat. But before the sun even has a chance to rise, more than half the people aboard will perish. This is only the beginning of Ph͠c's perilous journey across the Pacific, which will be fraught with Thai pirates, an unrelenting ocean, starvation, hallucination, and the unfortunate murder of a panda. Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Ph͠c, My Father, The Panda Killer is an unflinching story about war and its impact across multiple generations, and how one American teenager forges a path toward accepting her heritage and herself" -- Publisher's description.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hoang, Jamie Jo. My father, the panda killer
- ISBN:
- 9780593642962
- 0593642961
- 9780593642979
- 059364297X
- OCLC:
- 1356891608
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