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Song of the Buffalo Boy
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Song of the Buffalo Boy Paperback - 1994

by Garland, Sherry

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Seventeen-year-old Loi's family promises to wed her to an older man. She flees to Ho Chi Minh City and, with her boyfriend, prepares to leave for America in search of her biological father.

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  • Title Song of the Buffalo Boy
  • Author Garland, Sherry
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York
  • Date 1994-04-29
  • Features Glossary
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 3131183-6
  • ISBN 9780152000981 / 0152000984
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.88 x 4.28 x 0.72 in (17.48 x 10.87 x 1.83 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 900
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Vietnam, Vietnam - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94163197
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

When American soldiers departed Vietnam, many left children behind—like seventeen-year-old Loi, whose fellow villagers ostracize her because she is con-lai, a half-breed and a reminder of her country’s tragic civil war. Only Khai, a young buffalo tender, shows her love and respect. Promised in an arranged marriage to a cruel older man, Loi flees to Ho Chi Minh City. Along with thousands of others, she applies for the chance to leave for the United States through the Amerasian Homecoming Program, and faces the most important decision of her life: Should she leave her beloved country, her family, and her gentle, loving Khai?
     Includes a reader’s guide, an author’s note, and a glossary of Vietnamese words.

Media reviews

“Packed with vivid details of village and city life as well as Vietnamese culture . . . Eye-opening.”—The Horn Book
“A compelling coming-of-age novel.”—School Library Journal


Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/1998, Page 1991
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/25/1994, Page 0

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