Onion Tears
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ISBN: 0688118623 / Publisher: Beach Tree Books, August 1993
A little Vietnamese girl tries to come to terms with her grief over the loss of her family and her new life with an Australian family
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Nam-Huong is miserable living in a new country without her beloved family. Then why can't she cry?Vietnamese Nam-Huong wants to adjust to her new life in Australia, but she can't. She misses her parents and her beloved grandfather too much, and she is haunted by her experiences as a refugee. When her clasmates try to make friends she rejects them, so they begin to tease and torment her. Soon, she doesn't talk at all. But with the help of her foster mother and her teacher, Nam-Huong slowly begin to trust and love again
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