Characters
She is the main character.
Who is Há?
Now known as Ho Chi Minh City, it was a major location of the Vietnam War.
What is Saigon?
Becoming refugees, not being immediately accepted, and Pink Boy's constant bullying are examples of this.
What is conflict?
He teaches her Ha self-defense.
Who is Vu?
The novel was written in this format.
What is verse?
He is the oldest brother.
Who is Quang?
The war took place in this country.
What is Vietnam?
She makes Ha's family feel unwelcome when they first move to Alabama.
Who is Cowboy's wife?
Khoi agrees to do this for Ha every day.
What is give Ha a ride home on his motorcycle?
This is the Vietnamese lunar new year and is one of the most important holidays in Vietnamese culture.
What it Tet?
He is 14 years old and loves animals.
Who is Khoi?
They escaped on this.
What is a boat?
This is the type of ring that Mother wears.
What is an amethyst ring?
What is get baptized?
To twist in an unnatural shape.
What is contort?
She is sad, hardworking, loves her family.
Who is Mother?
What is Alabama?
This gift from Mrs. Washington was too sticky and chewy, so Ha threw it away.
What is dried papaya?
They don't laugh at Ha and become her friends.
Who are Pem and Sstivan?
This type of weather includes heavy rains and winds.
What is a monsoon?
He was captured by communists and was never seen again.
Who is Father?
Há ate her lunch here.
What is in the bathroom/toilet?
This item Ha threw overboard with her brother's dead chick.
What is a doll?
Who is Mrs. Washington?
Kim Ha means this.
What is Golden River?