Noodle Pie
by Ruth Starke
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Andy's father is a former refugee from Vietnam. 15-year old Andy and his father go to Vietnam and meet relatives who speak a different language, seem to be greedy and impatient and run a pretty crummy restaurant. For Andy Vietnam becomes a place for learning how to see things in a whole new way.Tags
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Grade 4-6: an Australian Viet Kieu goes back home to Hanoi along with his 12-year-old son, who narrates his impressions - and his understanding of the cultural differences and the great economic ones. Identity, poverty, family relationships, migration, etc.
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A Child's Book Tour of Vietnam
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Ruth Starke is the co-author of My Gallipoli which won a 2015 NSW Premier History Award in the category of Young People's History Prize. This prize carrries a monetary award of $15,000. She also made the Asher Award 2015 shortlist with this same title. This literary award is presented to a female writer whose work carries an anti-war theme. show more (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 2008
- Important places
- Vietnam
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 829.3 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literature Beowulf
- LCC
- PZ7 .S79476 .N — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
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