My Father, the Panda Killer

by Jamie Jo Hoang

A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing against the Vietnamese culture, juxtaposed with her father as an eleven-year-old boat person on a harrowing and traumatic refugee journey from Vietnam to the United States. San Jose, 1999. Jane knows her Vietnamese dad can't control his temper. Lost in a stupid daydream, she forgot to pick up her seven-year-old brother, Paul, from school. Inside their home,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593642961
• ISBN13: 9780593642962
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher