The paper boat : a refugee story
Thao Lam's signature collage art tells the wordless story of one family's escape from Vietnam--a journey intertwined with an ant colony's parallel narrative. At her home in Vietnam, a girl rescues ants from the sugar water set out to trap them. Later, when the girl's family flees war-torn Vietnam, ants lead them through the moonlit jungle to the boat that will take them to safety. Before boarding, the girl folds a paper boat from a bun wrapper and drops it into the water, and the ants climb on. Their perilous journey, besieged by punishing weather, predatory birds, and dehydration, before reaching a new beginning, mirrors the family's own. Impressionistic collages and a moving narrative make this a one-of-a-kind tale of courage, resilience, and hope.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.