

Listen, Slowly
Author: Thanhhà Lai
Narrator: LuLu Lam
Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 02/17/2015
Categories: Children's Fiction, Regional Stories, Children's Social Themes
Author: Thanhhà Lai
Narrator: LuLu Lam
Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 02/17/2015
Categories: Children's Fiction, Regional Stories, Children's Social Themes
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.
This is a really solid middle grade novel, but I may have really enjoyed this because it reminded me a lot of myself when I was younger. I saw a lot of myself in Mai, particularly my experiences traveling to India and trying to communicate with my relatives their with their broken English and my bro......more
Read for the 2016 YA/MG Book Battle. Mai’s summer is ruined when her parents ship her off to Vietnam to be company for her grandmother, who’s received word that her husband, lost to The War decades ago, might still be alive. Bà is returning to the village where she and Ông lived, which means Mai will......more
I was so excited to receive an advance copy of this book! I must admit, I first fell in love with the cover. It's simply beautiful. The colors, the lake, the figures... Everything perfectly matches the feeling of the book. Whoever designed this cover art is a genius. As for the story, I didn't give i......more
Thanhhà Lại's second novel is also her first novel in prose. INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN announced her presence on the children's lit scene in a big way, winning both a National Book Award and a Newbery Honor. LISTEN, SLOWLY makes it clear that her debut was no fluke. Mai is eagerly anticipating her summ......more