Goodbye, Vietnam

Name: Goodbye, Vietnam
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gloria Whelan
ISBN: 9798331947682

Author: Gloria Whelan

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 2 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/06/2025

Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination, hope, love, and courage in the face of the most devastating of circumstances and injustices." —Booklist.

About Gloria Whelan

Gloria Whelan is the bestselling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird, winner of the National Book Award; Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect; Angel on the Square; Burying the Sun; Once on This Island, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and Return to the Island. She lives in the woods of northern Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matisse on August 05, 2016

Interesting read, goes through the story of a migrant well and shows the difficulties from a hard time in history!......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on January 30, 2020

In the book "Goodbye, Vietnam" Mai and her family seek to leave their village in Vietnam due to many factors, although at the same time they didn't want to leave because that is where all of their ancestors and family came from and grew up. Therefore, it seemed like they were leaving everything they......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on March 20, 2020

Today we live in a world where refugees in the news. We read about and see people leaving there home land in hope of a better life. Goodbye Vietnam by Gloria Whelan is a story about Vietnamese refugees after the war in Vietnam. Even though this is decades ago the story of Mia rings true today. This......more

Goodreads review by Sam on April 25, 2012

The book Goodbye Vietnam is about people fleeing their home land for an oppertunity that is equal for eveyone in America regardless of their race or political backround. This book is told in 1st person by a teenage boy named Mai. Some people living in Vietnam were being discrimainated, this resulted......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on April 29, 2012

In Goodbye, Vietnam by Gloria Whelan, a family in Vietnam is being treated unfairly and taken advantage of by the government. When moans (the main character) grandmother is going to be taken away because she practices the "old ways", the family leaves their old city to go to Hong Kong and eventually......more