Leaving Laos

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Yang, May Y., author

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"Twelve-year-old Blong's world is suddenly and forever changed. Homes are abandoned. People disappear overnight. Any new friendship is temporary. The year is 1975, and South Vietnam has fallen to N...

"Twelve-year-old Blong's world is suddenly and forever changed. Homes are abandoned. People disappear overnight. Any new friendship is temporary. The year is 1975, and South Vietnam has fallen to North Vietnam. The Vietnam War is finally over. In the neighboring country of Laos, the Royal Lao Army is defeated by the Communist Pathet Lao. That war, too, ends. The American soldiers who were fighting in the Secret War in Laos are returning home to America. The Hmong, who were recruited by the United States CIA to fight in the Secret War, are now going to be persecuted and punished for helping the Americans. Over 2,000 Hmong are airlifted out of Long Cheng to Thailand. Blong and his family are among the unfortunate ones who are not. Now, they must find another way to escape Laos. The Communist Pathet Lao is celebrating their victory, but already there are rumors of retribution against the Hmong."--Page 4 of cover.

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