![]() ![]() Three-year-old Mai and her grandmother flee Laos, crossing the Mekong River to Thailand where they end up in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp. The Laos Communist government utilizes deadly and brutal measures to drive the Hmong out of Laos in retaliation against the Hmong who aided and fought alongside American forces during the war in Vietnam and Laos. Mai Yang is a 13-year-old Hmong girl who was orphaned when her parents were killed by the poison gas that the new Lao Communist rulers unleashed upon their village. Written by Pegi Deitz Shea | Reviewed and analyzed by E. ![]() We hope what you see here will inspire you and be of great use to you as you plan your lessons. Barbara Hruska at Teachers College, Columbia University. We read and analyzed these books for use in the classroom as part of an assignment we completed for our practicum course in TESOL at the secondary level led by Dr. Introduction: Here is another installment in a series of posts based on books that focus on bilingual/bicultural characters. ![]()
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