Tiger Girl
| Author | : May-lee Chai |
| Publisher | : Gemma |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2013-10-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781936846467 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1936846462 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (462 Downloads) |
Download or read book Tiger Girl written by May-lee Chai and published by Gemma. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nightmares of war flood the waking memories of Nea Chhim, a 19-year-old survivor of the Cambodian Killing Fields. In this sequel to the acclaimed Dragon Chica, Nea, a struggling college student, decides she must confront the past. Without telling Ma, she hops on a cross-country bus in Nebraska to seek out her biological father in Southern California. Nea comes face to face with a man wounded by survivor’s guilt who refuses to acknowledge the family’s secrets. It is up to Nea to find the truth. Tiger Girl weaves together Cambodian folklore and its painful past with contemporary American life to create an unforgettable novel about love, war, and acceptance.