Today we read pages 83 – 143. Ha travels from Vietnam to Guam, and then on to Florida, and finally ends up in Alabama. She struggles with learning english, eating the food (missing her papaya!!!), and being different from all her classmates.

As we began class, we watched a newscast that described the process that Vietnam refugees went through when trying to get to safety. That video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_i_HkeqN5E .