park Can't Figure Out Why His Mother Refuses To Talk About His Father Who Died In Vietnam Eleven Years Ago. Park Has No Memory Of Him. ... But He Is Determined To Find The Answers To His Questions. When Park's Search Finally Takes Him To His Grandfather's Farm In Rural Virginia, He Meets Obstacles Beyond His Imagining. Instead Of Being Welcomed As The Long Lost Heir, He Is Taunted By A Young Vietnamese Girl. Who Is She And What Is She Doing On The Family Farm? And Will Park Be Able To Accept The Ultimate Truth He Has Sought?
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when Park Was A Baby, His Father Was Killed In Vietnam. Since His Mother Won't Talk About Her Husband, Park Reads His Father's Old Books In Secret And Travels Alone One Day To The Vietnam War Memorial In Washington, D.c. To See His Father's Name. Finally, Recognizing The Urgency Of Her Son's Need To Know About His Father, Park's Mother Sends Him On A Visit To His Paternal Grandfather's Farm. Life On The Farm Is Not What Park Had Expected: For One Thing, His Grandfather Is Too Ill (incapacitated By A Stroke) To Meet Him. And, Though He Likes And Admires His Uncle Frank, Park Isn't At All Sure How He Feels About Feisty Thanh, The Daughter Of Frank's Vietnamese Wife. Park Eventually Forges Strong Bonds With Both Thanh And His Ailing Grandfather, And Confronts The Painful, But Not Terribly Surprising, Truth About His Father. Good Storytelling Makes Up For A Somewhat Predictable Plot, And Park's Feelings Are Depicted With Insight And Care. The Story Of His Quest Will Ring True To Anyone Who Has Ever Used Secondhand Memories To Piece Together The Portrait Of An Absent Loved One. Ages 10-up. (april)
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Family Life
- Parents
- Fiction
- Parents
- Family Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Puffin Books
Author : Paterson, Katherine
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :1989-09-28
Number Of Pages : 160
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0140342621
ISBN-13 : 9780140342628
Item weight : 0.35 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5 in x 7.6 in
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