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My father, the panda killer / Jamie Jo Hoang.

Hoang, Jamie Jo, (author.).

Summary:

"San Jose, 1999. Jane knows her Vietnamese dad can't control his temper. Lost in a stupid daydream, she forgot to pick up her seven-year-old brother, Paul, from school. Inside their home, she hands her dad the stick he hits her with. This is how it's always been. She deserves this. Not because she forgot to pick up Paul, but because at the end of the summer she's going to leave him when she goes away to college. As Paul retreats inward, Jane realizes she must explain where their dad's anger comes from. The problem is, she doesn't quite understand it herself. Đà Nẵng, 1975. Phúc (rhymes with duke) is eleven the first time his mother walks him through a field of mines he's always been warned never to enter. Guided by cracks of moonlight, Phúc moves past fallen airplanes and battle debris to a refugee boat. But before the sun even has a chance to rise, more than half the people aboard will perish. This is only the beginning of Phúc's perilous journey across the Pacific, which will be fraught with Thai pirates, an unrelenting ocean, starvation, hallucination, and the unfortunate murder of a panda. Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Phúc, My Father, The Panda Killer is an unflinching story about war and its impact across multiple generations, and how one American teenager forges a path toward accepting her heritage and herself."-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0593642961
  • ISBN: 059364297X
  • ISBN: 9780593642962
  • ISBN: 9780593642979
  • Physical Description: 361 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 14 and up. Crown Books.
Grades 10-12. Crown Books.
Subject:
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans > Fiction.
Refugees > Fiction.
Boat people > Vietnam > Fiction.
Generational trauma > Fiction.
Asian American teenagers > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 20 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 4 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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