num_pages: 144
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam
titlecomplete: The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam (Harper Trophy Book)
genres: Biography, Geography, Asia, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, School, Middle Grade, Childrens, History
ratings_count: 1298
places: Vietnam
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Kindersachbuch, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: HarperCollins