All the Broken Pieces, Ann E. Burg
All the Broken Pieces, Ann E. Burg
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All the Broken Pieces

Author: Ann E. Burg

Narrator: Tobias Christian Wong

Unabridged: 1 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2010

Synopsis

An award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction.Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell like dead crows, and the terrible secret he left behind. But now that he is living with a caring adoptive family in the United States, he finds himself forced to confront his past. And that means choosing between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom.By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love.

About Ann E. Burg

Ann E. Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup Award winner, and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society. Her follow-up, Serafina's Promise, was an ALA Notable Book, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Her latest novel, Unbound, was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize and the Christopher Award, among other distinctions. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on August 30, 2020

"There is darkness on the water. There is darkness on the land. There is darkness all around us, but I will hold your hand. You are safe, my precious child. You are safe now, you are home. We have found you and we love you. You will never be alone." —All the Broken Pieces, PP. 11-12 The feel of thi......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on January 25, 2010

All the Broken Pieces is the story of Matt Pin, a twelve-year-old Amerasian boy who was born in Vietnam but currently lives in the United States. His mother was a native Vietnamese citizen but his father was an American soldier who abandoned him after the war. His mother urged him to flee to the US,......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on May 18, 2009

Young Matt was born in Vietnam, his father was an American soldier that abandoned his family. Matt was around ten years old when his mother begged American Soldiers to take her son to the U.S.A in hopes that he would have a better life. Now in the States Matt is adopted by loving parents, and surrou......more

Goodreads review by Katy O. on March 18, 2019

Stellar historical fiction verse novel - I'd say the sweet spot for this book is grades 5-7 but it's still appropriate for mature 4th graders. Set in the US post-Vietnam War, it is narrated by a Vietnamese boy who was sent to the US by his Vietnamese mother after his American father left. It's a sto......more

Goodreads review by David on October 15, 2017

4.5 Some of the imagery and situations in this book were both haunting and beautiful. I really enjoyed the main themes, but it could have used about 100 more pages to really make the storyline more fleshed out and less conveniently clean. Some of the images and situations were just "wow."......more

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