yang, kao kalia

In this true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism.

"[The author] delivers a tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.

"A . . . true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--Provided by publisher.

"[Kao Kalia Yang presents a] memoir of her family's harrowing escape from war in Laos ... a troubling portrait of the consequences of U.S. interventions in Southeast Asia; and a firsthand account of the little-seen exodus of the Hmong people, first to refugee camps in Thailand and then, for many, to new homes in Minnesota"--Back cover.

A memoir in which Kao Kalia Yang, born in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, shares the story of her family's escape from Laos, their experiences in refugee camps, and their struggles adjusting to American life and learning after settling in St. Paul, Minnesota, when she was six years old.