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From the Tops of the Trees

Kao Kalia Yang

Based on Kao Kalia Yang’s childhood, this story recalls life in Thailand’s Ban Vinai Refugee Camp during the mid-1980s. Young Kao has known no world beyond the camp’s fences. One day, dressed in her best clothes, she rides on her father’s back as he climbs a tree so she can look beyond the camp. From its top, he tells her that she will someday travel farther into the world than he has.

This book appears on 5 reading lists across 2 editions from 5 organizations.

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Themes
Family · Growing Up · Home · Immigration And Migration
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Published
October 5, 2021
ISBN-13
9781541581302
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2022Picture Books for School-Age Children
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