![]() ![]() One strength of the novel is the subtle character development as both LeeRoy and Hang grow naturally from single-issue actors to individuals who recognize and respond to the complexities of both themselves and those around them. Upon arrival she meets rodeo-star wannabe LeeRoy, who grudgingly agrees to take her to Linh, now a thoroughly Americanized boy called David, with no memory of Hang and no interest in reuniting. For six years she plans to join him, and, after enduring a harrowing and horrific boat trip (revealed in tense flashbacks), Hang arrives in Texas. They attempt to impersonate orphans to join Operation Babylift, but the refugee workers reject Hang, taking five-year-old Linh and leaving her behind, with only the address of his destination in Texas. gĭuring the 1975 fall of Saigon, twelve-year-old Hang determines that she and her younger brother, Linh, should escape to America. Middle School, High School Harper/HarperCollins 296 pp. ![]()
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