From the tops of the trees

Yang, Kao Kalia 1980- (author.). Wada, Rachel, (illustrator.).

Summary: "'Father, is all the world a refuge camp?' Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog. Just four years old, Kalia is still figuring out her place in the world. When she asks what is beyond the fence, at first her father has no answers for her. But on the following day, he leads her to the tallest tree in the camp and, secure in her father's arms, Kalia sees the spread of a world beyond."--

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ISBN: 9781541581302
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, colour map ; 29 cm
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Publisher: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021