Butterfly Yellow, Thanhha Lai
Butterfly Yellow, Thanhha Lai
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Butterfly Yellow

Author: Thanhhà Lai

Narrator: LuLu Lam

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/03/2019

Synopsis

Winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and Erika L. Sánchez, this gorgeously written and deeply moving novel is the YA debut from the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again. 4 starred reviews!In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms—and Hằng is left behind in the war-torn country.Six years later, Hằng has made the brutal journey from Việt Nam and is now in Texas as a refugee. She doesn’t know how she will find the little brother who was taken from her until she meets LeeRoy, a city boy with big rodeo dreams, who decides to help her.Hằng is overjoyed when she reunites with Linh. But when she realizes he doesn’t remember her, their family, or Việt Nam, her heart is crushed. Though the distance between them feels greater than ever, Hằng has come so far that she will do anything to bridge the gap.

About Thanhhà Lai

Thanhhà Lại is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award and Newbery Honor–winning Inside Out and Back Again; the celebrated Listen, Slowly; the teen novel Butterfly Yellow; and the picture book Hundred Years of Happiness. She was born in Việt Nam and now lives in New York. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by aly on January 06, 2025

Butterfly Yellow is a heartbreaking tale of perseverance, love, and survival — set in the 1981s, in the final days of the Vietnam War where Hằng is on her quest in finding her missing brother who was taken to America at the age of five as part of Operation Babylift. Along the way, she encounters Lee......more

Goodreads review by Erin Entrada on October 28, 2019

Wow. Wow. Wow. I love H and LeeRoy so much. What a wonderful story about an unlikely pair. The writing is incredible, especially how the Vietnamese-to-English words are written. After I finished this book I had to take a minute to think about it. ** OK. So it's the next day and I'm still thinking abou......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 08, 2019

Full review with AUTHOR Q & A on [URL not allowed] When Hằng was twelve, her five year old brother, Linh, was taken away as part of Operation Baby Lift and sent to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. She and her grandmother spent the next six years worried about hi......more

Goodreads review by Donna on July 22, 2020

As a librarian this is a book I want to rip the stickers off and just hand to people who want something 'good' to read. It will sit on the shelf in the teen area - I'll make sure it is face out at my branch - and may not be picked up. I will certainly be thrusting in at people at a respectable 1.5 m......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on March 19, 2025

Unless you are great with linguistics, even if you are, I HIGHLY recommend the audio version of this book. It adds a powerful element to a novel that features language so much. This was powerful, and Lai did a phenomenal job bringing these characters to life. Hằng narrates this tale with her falterin......more

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