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Matt Pin was airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975 and grew up in a loving adoptive home in the United States. Two years after the war has ended, he is haunted by a terrible secret he left behind. As a series of profound events unfold, Matt must confront his past and the psychological toll of his experience as a Vietnamese child adoptee following the Vietnam War.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Ann E. Burg
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