Ha, a twelve year old girl has to travel from Vietnam to Alabama due to a war in her country. Ha, her mother, her three brothers, and uncle have to travel in a boat that was very tight and stuffed with more people than it could handle. The boat ride was terrible. Ha and everyone else on the boat had to save their rations and was given a limited amount of food. Ha and her family got a sponsor in America and they were all taken to Alabama.
Alabama was much more different than Vietnam. The food was very different and the ettiquite was much less strict. Ha was bullied a lot in school. People called her name and made fun of the way she looked. Eventually, the bullying calmed down after her brother helped her escape a very mean bully who tried to harm Ha. A few years ago, Has father was taken from her family and was never seen again. Ha and her family hoped he would return but he never came back. Everyone in Has family finally excepted that he is gone and won’t be returning.
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I hope this helped I read the book a few years ago. You can change up some words and add stuff but here’s some main points.
