Kao Kalia Yang
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spirits and the homeland, and records courtships, births, weddings, and wishes. Following her award-winning book The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang now retells the life of her father Bee Yang, the song poet, a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--