vietnamese americans

Fifteen short stories blending Vietnamese folklore with American realities as Vietnamese refugees try to balance their traditions with American popular culture.

High school sophomore Danny Vo tries to resolve the conflict between the values of his Vietnamese refugee family and his new American way of life.

A 15-year-old Vietnamese refugee having difficulty adjusting to the strange ways and language of the United States and his adoptive home runs away to a Vietnamese fishing community hoping he can "belong" there. A sequel to A Boat to Nowhere.

Provides information on the history of Vietnam and on the customs, language, religion, and experiences of Vietnamese Americans.

Text and black-and-white photographs describe the efforts of a Vietnamese refugee family to adjust to life in Chicago.

Discusses Vietnamese who have immigrated to the United States, their reasons for coming, where they have settled, and how they have contributed to their new country.

A memoir in graphic novel format about the author's experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later.

Two estranged Vietnamese sisters, each wrestling with their own lives, careers, and romances, are reunited at their father's American citizenship party, and forge a new relationship.

Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift.

A Vietnamese-American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South China Sea.