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Author:

Shea, Pegi Deitz.

Title:

Tangled threads : a Hmong girl's story / by Pegi Deitz Shea.

Publisher:

Clarion Books,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

236 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Refugees--Fiction.
Hmong (Asian people)--Fiction.
Hmong Americans--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Embroidery, Hmong--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Providence (R.I.)--Fiction.
Juvenile materials.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Hmong (Asian people)--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Providence (R.I.)--Juvenile fiction.

Summary:

After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage.

ISBN:

9780618247486
0618247483

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51848688

LCCN:

2003002362

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)

CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)