The Land I Lost
Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 4, 1986
An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid, bittersweet journey into a remembered life beside Vietnam’s jungle.
- Themes
- Memories of a lost home, Rural life in Vietnam, Wildlife and danger
- Genres
- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids, Asia for Kids, Asian History for Kids
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An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home. The land I love was lost to me forever. Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet water buffalo, Tank.
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Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of Linda Sue Park and Thanhha Lai, these fifteen tales will transport readers into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger—and a way of life that is gone forever.
Highland Memories
A vivid, bittersweet journey into a remembered life beside Vietnam’s jungle.
Come here for
- Vietnamese highland life shaped by rice fields and abundant wildlife
- A sense of beauty shadowed by loss
Expect
- Fifteen tales rooted in the author’s memories
- Lush natural detail and real danger
Where it sits
| Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids | 67% |
|---|---|
| Asia for Kids | 46% |
| Asian History for Kids | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Facts
- Farm Animals
- Jungle Animals
- Historical Biographies for Kids
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- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
- Asian History for Kids
- Country Life
- Asia for Kids
- Authors
- Quang Nhuong Huynh
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 4, 1986
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Memories of a lost home · Rural life in Vietnam · Wildlife and danger
- Reading lane
- Animal Facts