"Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang’s childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia’s story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family’s early years in the United States." -- publisher
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Biography
Content: Bi/multilingual, Economic Struggle
Settings: Laos, Northern America, South-eastern Asia, United States of America
Ethnicity: Hmong
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
Character Prominence: Joint Main, Secondary