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Seventeen‑year‑old Loi, shunned for her mixed Vietnamese and American heritage, rebels against an arranged marriage by fleeing to Ho Chi Minh City. She hopes that she and the boy she loves can travel to the United States to find her American father.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Sherry Garland
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