An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a
Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s
memories of the land he called home.

The land I love
was lost to me forever.

Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the
highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife.
Encounters with tigers, wild hogs, and deadly snakes were as much a part
of his life as tending the rice fields while on the back of his pet
water buffalo, Tank.

Perfect for classrooms, as well as fans of
Linda Sue Park and Thanhha Lai, these fifteen tales will transport
readers into a world of lush beauty and terrible danger—and a way
of life that is gone forever.