People
Terms for Graphic Novels
Tam and Cam
Plot
Miscellaneous
100

Tien's female friend's name

Who is Claire?

100

Drawn symbols to express a certain emotion (like stars).

What is emanata?

100

Tam and Cam is the Vietnamese version of this

What is a Cinderella story?

100

Hien hears this news on the phone.

What is Hien's mother's death?

100

This flower drops to the ground while Hien is on the phone (at the beginning of today's assigned reading section)

What is a rose?

200

The first family member Hien talks to when she arrives in Vietnam

Who is Hien's Auntie?

200

In The Magic Fish, text written between < and >

What are words spoken in Vietnamese?

200

The animal Tam took care of for many years

What is a fish?

200

Tien's mother planned to finish this for Tien to wear at the dance (but does not end up finishing)

What is a jacket? 

200

The fruit shown in red during the blue fairy tale scenes

What is a peach?

300

Tien's mother's name (in Vietnamese)

Who is Hien?

300

The white space between panels

What is a gutter?

300

The stepmother tells Tam to do this in order to go to the festival

What is separating the grains?

300

Hien goes back to Vietnam to attend this

What is a funeral?

300

Tam is forced to live here by her stepmother.

What is a little garden alley?

400

Tien's teacher's name

Who is Mrs. Flynn?

400

The box with images (drawings) and text inside (found in graphic novels)

What is a panel?

400

The animal that said "Unbury the bones" repeatedly

What is a bird?

400

The result of Tien raising his voice to Claire at school

What is getting detention?

400

Hien's hometown

Where is Nha Trang?

500

Tien's family name (last name)

Who is Phong?

500

White area with dialogue

What is a speech balloon?

500

The place where Tam buried the bones

What is a peach tree?

500

Tien decides to attend this (at the end of today's assigned reading section)

What is a dance?

500

Name of Alera's fairytale 

What is Tattercoats?