By Tho Pham (author) , Sandra McTavish (illustrator)
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It's 1980, and 11-year-old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his afternoons playing soccer and cricket fighting with his friends, but life is slowly changing under the Communists. His parents are worried, and Tho knows the Communist army will soon knock on their door to make his brother, and then him, join them.
Still, it shocks him when his father says that arrangements have been made for him to leave Vietnam by boat, immediately. Tho tries to be brave as he sets out on a harrowing journey toward the unknown.
Co-authors Tho Pham and Sandra McTavish, childhood friends, have loosely based this historical fiction novel on Tho's real-life experience as one of the Vietnamese Boat People, and includes many factual details from his journey on the South China Sea and in a Philippine refugee camp. Depictions of pirate attacks, hunger, and loneliness make for a riveting survival story, sure to elicit empathy for refugees.
Eventually adopted by a Canadian elementary school teacher, Tho's story is ultimately one of hope, courage, and resilience. It's a valuable resource for social studies lessons on Asian culture and history and on immigration.
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It's 1980, and 11-year-old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his afternoons playing soccer and cricket fighting with his friends, but life is slowly changing under the Communists.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Cricket War and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Cricket War features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Historical Fiction, Sporting Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Cricket, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Sports, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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The Cricket War was written by Tho Pham and published by Kids Can Press an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA
The Cricket War has 160 pages
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