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Lại, Thanhhà

Listen, Slowly

260 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | February, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06222918-2 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Mai, who planned to spend her summer flirting with her crush, unwillingly accompanies Ba, her grandmother, to Vietnam. A detective claims he has news about Ba's husband, who went missing during the Vietnam War. Mai's slow transformation from spoiled, self-absorbed tween to someone who can look beyond herself is convincing. Detailed descriptions of Mai's culture shock, then acclimation, bring the Vietnamese setting to life.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015

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