| Mai Ya's Long Journey Contributor(s): Terman Cohen, Sheila (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870203657 ISBN-13: 9780870203657 Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: "Mai Ya's Long Journey" by Sheila Cohen is the first book in the new Wisconsin Historical Society Press Badger Biography series designed for upper elementary and middle-school readers that explores the stories of Wisconsin people. "Mai Ya's Long Journey" relates the personal story of Mai Ya Xiong and her family. Their journey from the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand to a new life in Madison, Wisconsin, is extraordinary, yet typical of the stories of the two hundred thousand Hmong people who now live in the United States and who struggle to adjust to American society while maintaining their own culture as a free people. The author, who has known Mai Ya since she was a student in her seventh-grade ESL (English as a Second Language) class, brings her personal perspective to this compelling story. Distributed for the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004028570 |
| Lexile Measure: 1020 |
| Series: Badger Biographies |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 7.08" W x 9.02" (0.49 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of Mai Ya Xiong and her family and their journey from the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand to a new life in Madison, Wisconsin, is extraordinary. Yet it is typical of the stories of the 200,000 Hmong people who now live in the United States and who struggle to adjust to American society while maintaining their own culture as a free people. "Mai Ya's Long Journey" follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin. Mai Ya's parents fled Laos during the Vietnam War and were refugees in Thailand for several years before reaching the United States. But the story does not end there. Students will read the challenges Mai Ya faces in balancing her Hmong heritage and her adopted American culture as she grows into adulthood. |