Ruth Vander Zee
Autor(a) de Erika's Story
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Obras por Ruth Vander Zee
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- Obras
- 8
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- 460
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- #53,419
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- 4.3
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- 66
- ISBN
- 27
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- 8
Before she dies, Kim's mother tells her that she will always be with her. She is killed as a result of the bombing of the area where they live in Viet Nam. Kim lives, but is blinded by the butt of a gun to her head. She is rendered blind. Rescued by American soldiers, she is taken to an orphanage where the love of Ong and Ba Jones, who run the orphange, she lives there for five years.
When she is afraid, Kim always remembers her mother's words and knows her mother is with her throughout. Told from the perspective of the American soldiers as heros, and therein lies a problematic depicture of who is the hero and who is the villian. Who is responsible for the bombing?
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