One step at a time : a Vietnamese child finds her way / Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Author: Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, 1954-
Published: Toronto : Pajama Press, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Physical Description: 93, vii pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. One The Night Before -- ch. Two Red Shoes -- ch. Three The Hospital -- ch. Four Black Button -- ch. Five Home Again -- ch. Six Brady Bunch -- ch. Seven Church -- ch. Eight August 6, 1975 -- ch. Nine Can You Walk, Tuyet? -- ch. Ten Strength -- ch. Eleven One Step at a Time.

Summary

After being adopted from Vietnam by a loving family in Canada, Tuyet undergoes a series of operations to correct her foot, which was turned inward by polio, so that she may someday walk, run, and play like other children.

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ISBN

9781927485019 (bound)
1927485010 (bound)
9781927485026 (pbk.)
1927485029 (pbk.)

Note

Sequel to: The last airlift.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Forms

Issued also in electronic format.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Class of 1960 Libraries Endowment; 2015

Awards

Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award winner, 2014

Endowment Note

Class of 1960 Libraries Endowment

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