Behind the moon
By: Hsu-Ming Teo
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781569474402
Subjects: Parent and child; Vietnamese; Best friends; Male friendship; Fiction
Description: Outsiders and misfits in their Australian school, three friends form a mutual bond: Justin Cheong, an only child and the idol of his Singaporean-Chinese parents; Tien Ho-daughter of a Vietnamese mother who stayed behind and an African American soldier she has never met-who lives with indifferent relatives; and Nigel "Gibbo" Gibson, an oddity: an Australian boy who, to his father's chagrin, dislikes sports.
Notes: "First published in Australia in 2005 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.