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Hmong (Asian people)
4 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stuart Loughridge.
Ten-year-old Chersheng gets frustrated because his grandfather is forgetting more and more. Chersheng's mother brings out the story cloth her father made in a refugee camp, using it to remember Grandfather's past. The story, told in English and Hmong, is a helpful but somewhat heavy-handed introduction to both Hmong history and Alzheimer's disease.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
4-6
Uprooted from their rural village in Laos by the turmoil of the Vietnam War, Kia's family is torn apart when only some of them are approved to immigrate to America. Most of the book focuses on their difficult adjustment to their new life. Although the story casts light on a little-explored aspect of history, the author too often summarizes events rather than letting the scenes play out in a dynamic fashion.
Reviewer: Anne St. John
(4)
4-6
Thirteen-year-old Mai leaves the Thai refugee camp where she's lived for ten years for a new home in Providence, Rhode Island. There she is torn between Hmong traditions and modern American culture, between her old-world grandmother and her Americanized teen cousins. Despite some amateurish writing, this is an accessible and immediate novel, and a welcome addition to the immigrant-experience canon.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
(4)
4-6
First Peoples series.
With a country overview and a history that includes the flight to America by many Hmong during the Vietnam War, this volume explains elements of the traditional Hmong lifestyle, including their textiles, music, beliefs, and customs. Information is sometimes fragmented or frustratingly abbreviated, but generous color photos bring the Hmong into sharp focus. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
4 reviews
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