Simone

Name: Simone
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen
ISBN: 9798892743655

Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Narrator: Quyen Ngo

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/23/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction, Science & Nature Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

When a wildfire threatens Simone’s home, she and Má must rush to take shelter.

Guided by her own creativity, and buoyed by Má’s memories of her childhood in Vi?t Nam, Simone navigates her way through an all-too-common crisis.

This powerful story, straddling two generations and two countries, shows how communities come together in tough times, and how the youngest can imagine the path to a better future.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai

I will read anything Viet writes. Simone, named for his daughter, is the star of this children's book. For every Vietnamese American child living in Southern California, this book is for you. It teaches the importance of climate change in relation to wildfires. It teaches friendship and family. It's......more

Goodreads review by Bookishrealm

This was absolutely beautiful! From the artwork to the acknowledgment of the work that the CDCR inmates did in 2020 to help manage the wildfires, this did not miss. The connection between Vietnamese refugees and then the Vietnamese community becoming refugees of sorts again with the next generation......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2015 adult novel The Sympathizer. Now he has penned a very different book that will move children and adults alike. California wildfires drive Simone and her mother out of their house and into a shelter. Young Simone is frightened, but her mothe......more

Goodreads review by Maggie

How unexpected! Gutsy content beautifully handled......more