Mai YA's Long Journey

"Mai Ya's Long Journey" follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin. Mai Ya's parents fled Laos during the Vietnam War and were refugees in Thailand for several years before reaching the United States. But the story does not end there. Students will read the challenges Mai Ya faces in balancing her Hmong heritage and her adopted American culture as she grows into adulthood.

About the author

Sheila Cohen has taught English as a Second Language in the Madison Metropolitan School District for twenty years. She is a freelance writer and has served on the Board of Directors of United Refugee Services. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Cohen, Sheila Terman Cohen
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2005
• EAN: 9780870203657
• ISBN: 978-0-87020-365-7
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 229 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 222 g
• Series: Badger Biographies; Badger Biographies
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools