Last Flight, (Hardcover)

<p><b>NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Selection 2024</b> <br><b>A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard</b> </p><p> On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. </p><p> Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister's eyes from tear gas; sneaking a stuffed animal into the family's overstuffed suitcase for comfort. </p><p> Dow Phumiruk's tender illustrations let anyone feel the excitement and the ultimate hopefulness of this amazing true story. </p><p><b>P R A I S E</b> </p><p> "Deeply touching... A tender and powerful portrait of a harrowing, historic event." <br><b>--<i>Booklist </i></b> </p><p> "Mai Giang's sensory-filled prose gently and evocatively communicates a personal wartime story. Phumiruk's clean, soft illustrations, done in Photoshop and pencil, bring to life a gamut of emotions...A moving and illuminating story of family, war, courage, and newfound home." <br><b>--<i>Kirkus </i></b> </p><p> "Giang's affecting, powerful recounting of her family's escape from Saigon in 1975 renders a largely unexplored moment in history intimate and urgent." <br><b>--<i>BCCB</i></b></p>

• Last Flight, (Hardcover)
• Author: Levine Querido
• ISBN: 9781646140862
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2023-04-04
• Page Count: 56