After the end of the war in Vietnam, a young boy’s grandfather dreams of restoring the wetlands of the Mekong delta, hoping that the large cranes that once lived there will return.
KEY: jP = Picture Books; jZ = 1st and 2nd Grade Readers; jE = 3rd and 4th Grade Readers; JF = 5th Grade and Up
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Keller, Holly | GRANDFATHER’S DREAM After the end of the war in Vietnam, a young boy’s grandfather dreams of restoring the wetlands of the Mekong delta, hoping that the large cranes that once lived there will return. |
1994 | unpaged |
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Breckler, Rosemary | SWEET DRIED APPLES A Vietnamese child remembers wartime and her relationship with her grandfather, the village herb doctor. |
1996 | unpaged |
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Antle, Nancy | LOST IN THE WAR 12-year-old Lisa Grey struggles to cope with a mother whose traumatic experiences as a nurse in Vietnam during the war are still haunting her. 1982, New Haven, Connecticut. |
1998 | 137 p. |
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Rostkowski, Margaret | THE BEST OF FRIENDS Three very different teenagers, once close friends, struggle to understand the changes in their relationships and the turmoil around them as the Vietnam War encroaches on their lives. 1961. |
1989 | 183 p. |
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White, Ellen Emerson | The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty United States Marince Corps My Name is America series An 18-year-old Marine records in a journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a hstory of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary and related military information. |
2002 | 167 p. |