Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780374400231
Pages
128 pages
Genre
biography
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
930L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Adoption; Interracial; Immigrants and refugees; adopted child; orphan children; adoptive family; international adoption; interracial/transracial adoption; interracial family; refugee children
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Vietnamese) / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 2005, Recommended
Society of Midland Authors Book Award, 2005, Winner, Children's Non Fiction
Keywords
Vietnamese Americans; Vietnam War; orphans; photographs; Operation Babylift; Ohio; doctor
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Warren, Andrea, "Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy" (2008). Diverse Families. 579.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/579