Thien Pham
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as...
2) Sumo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A washed-up American football player finds a new life in sumo wrestling.
3) Level up
Author
Publisher
First Second/Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict father's death, becomes obsessed with them but later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he chooses a nobler path.