From the Tops of the Trees

by Kao Kalia Yang (Author) Rachel Wada (Illustrator)

From the Tops of the Trees
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?

Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog.

Just four years old, Kalia is still figuring out her place in the world. When she asks what is beyond the fence, at first her father has no answers for her. But on the following day, he leads her to the tallest tree in the camp and, secure in her father's arms, Kalia sees the spread of a world beyond.

Kao Kalia Yang's sensitive prose and Rachel Wada's evocative illustrations bring to life this tender true story of the love between a father and a daughter.

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Starred Review
"A visually striking, compelling recollection."
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781541581302
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books (R)
Publication date
October 05, 2021
Series
-
BISAC categories
POL019000 - Political Science | Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare
Library of Congress categories
Refugees
Refugee camps
ALSC Notable Children's Book
Selection 2022

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