Yang Warriors
"Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers an inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp"--
| Main Author: | Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Thao, Billy (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2021.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers an inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm |
| Audience: |
Ages 7. Grades K-1. |
| ISBN: |
9781517907983 1517907985 |
| Author Notes: |
Kao Kalia Yang is author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir , winner of Minnesota Book Awards in both Creative Nonfiction/Memoir and Reader's Choice, and a finalist for the PEN USA Award in Creative Nonfiction as well as the Asian Literary Award in Nonfiction. Her second book, The Song Poet , won a Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the PEN USA Award in Nonfiction, and the Dayton's Literary Peace Prize. Her first children's book, A Map into the World , is an ALA Notable Book, a Charlotte Zolotow Book Award honoree, and a winner of the Minnesota Book Award in Children's Literature. The Shared Room , illustrated by Xee Reiter, was published by Minnesota in 2020. Billy Thao is a Hmong American artist who was born and raised in Minnesota. This is his first book. |