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Vietnamerica: A Family's JourneyA superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his family's history. Born and raised in South Carolina as a son of immigrants, he knew that his parents had fled Vietnam during the fall of Saigon. But even as they struggled to adapt to life in America,
A superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist/storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his family's history. Born and raised in South Carolina as a son of immigrants, he knew that his parents had fled Vietnam during the fall of Saigon. But even as they struggled to adapt to life in America, they preferred to forget the past--and to focus on their children's future. It was only in his late twenties that GB began to learn their extraordinary story. When his last surviving grandparents die within months of each other, GB visits Vietnam for the first time and begins to learn the tragic history of his family, and of the homeland they left behind. In this family saga played out in the shadow of history, GB uncovers the root of his father's remoteness and why his mother had remained in an often fractious marriage; why his grandfather had abandoned his own family to fight for the Viet Cong; why his grandmother had had an affair with a French soldier. GB learns that his parents had taken harrowing flight from Saigon during the final hours of the war not because they thought America was better but because they were afraid of what would happen if they stayed. They entered America--a foreign land they couldn't even imagine--where family connections dissolved and shared history was lost within a span of a single generation. In telling his family's story, GB finds his own place in this saga of hardship and heroism. Vietnamerica is a visually stunning portrait of survival, escape, and reinvention--and of the gift of the American immigrants' dream, passed on to their children. Vietnamerica is an unforgettable story of family revelation and reconnection--and a new graphic-memoir classic.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Villard Books
Published: 01/25/2011
ISBN: 9780345508720
Pages: 246
Weight: 2.21lbs
Size: 9.46h x 7.36w x 1.06d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/29/2010
Library Journal 01/01/2011 pg. 71
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2011 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2011 pg. 58
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150738 / Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
Reading Level: 3.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 2
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Wonderful for all the senses!
Format: Board book
Pretty book with something for little fingers to touch on each page. As you touch it, a realistic animal sound is made! (Just be sure to remove the tag from the battery box on back.).
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Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Fun sound book.
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I bought this for my house for my grandkids when they come over and this is their go to book. The sounds are very true to the animal sounds. And very minimal pushing as needed to make the noises.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2025
★★★★★ 5
This one year old loved this book
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delights toddlers!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Adorable and educational
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Such cute book! I ordered other from same company with different animals. Very educational for babies! My grandson loves them and he’s 8 months old. I buy him a different book on diff animals each month for his monthly birthdays. I have the Little Hedgehog for this month.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2020
★★★★★ 5
Cute book
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Bought as a gift, very cute book & love how colorful it is.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2025