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Title The cricket war / by Thọ Phạm and Sandra McTavish.
Author Phạm, Thọ (Author of The cricket war), author.
Publication Info. Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2023]
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J FIC PHA    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J FIC PHA    Checked Out
 Southeast  J FIC PHA    Check Shelves
 Winter Garden  J FIC PHA    Check Shelves
Description 160 pages : map ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes a pronunciation guide.
Summary "As a twelve-year-old boy growing up in South Vietnam, Th⁻ has heard of other boys disappearing from time to time, smuggled out of the country so they wouldn't have to be conscripted into the Communist army. But Th⁻ is too young to worry about any of that. He spends his afternoons cricket fighting and playing soccer with his friends. Until one day, he finds out that his parents have arranged for him to leave the country -- alone. What follows is a harrowing journey on the South China Sea, as Th⁻ encounters pirate attacks, hunger and loneliness, not knowing where he will end up or if he will ever see his family again. Based on real-life events, The Cricket War is a touching story of hope, courage and resilience in the face of tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
Note Issued also in electronic format.
Subject Boats and boating -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Juvenile fiction.
Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Vietnam -- History -- 1975- -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Best friends -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Vietnam -- History -- 1975- -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.
Genre Historical fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Added Author McTavish, Sandra, author.
Related To Online version: Phạm, Thọ (Author of The cricket war) Cricket war. Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2023 1525312057 9781525312052 (OCoLC)1348947187
ISBN 9781525306556 (hardcover) : $19.99
1525306553 (hardcover)