num_pages: 288
description: When American soldiers departed Vietnam, many left children behind—like seventeen-year-old Loi, whose fellow villagers ostracize her because she is con-lai, a half-breed and a reminder of her country’s tragic civil war. Only Khai, a young buffalo tender, shows her love and respect. Promised in an arranged marriage to a cruel older man, Loi flees to Ho Chi Minh City. Along with thousands of others, she applies for the chance to leave for the United States through the Amerasian Homecoming Program, and faces the most important decision of her life: Should she leave her beloved country, her family, and her gentle, loving Khai?   
    Includes a reader’s guide, an author’s note, and a glossary of Vietnamese words.

language: English
title: Song of the Buffalo Boy
titlecomplete: Song of the Buffalo Boy (Great Episodes)
genres: Asian Literature, Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 312
places: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Best Young Adult Romance 
publisher: Clarion Books