Name: The Land I Lost
ISBN: 9780064401838

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Why This Clicks

Highland Memories

A vivid, bittersweet journey into a remembered life beside Vietnam’s jungle.

Come here for

Vietnamese highland life shaped by rice fields and abundant wildlife
A sense of beauty shadowed by loss

Expect

Fifteen tales rooted in the author’s memories
Lush natural detail and real danger

Book Details

Authors: Quang Nhuong Huynh
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: November 4, 1986
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Historical Asia · Asia for Kids
Reading lane: Historical Asia

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Animal Facts
Farm Animals
Jungle Animals
Historical Biographies for Kids

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Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
Asian History for Kids
Country Life
Asia for Kids

About This Book

An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home. The land I love was lost to me forever. Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet water buffalo, Tank. Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of Linda Sue Park...

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An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home. The land I love was lost to me forever. Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet water buffalo, Tank. Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of Linda Sue Park and Thanhha Lai, these fifteen tales will transport readers into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger—and a way of life that is gone forever.