Listen Slowly Author:Thanhha Lai Twelve-year-old Mai can't wait to take a break from being perfect. But all straight A's have gotten her is an unwanted trip to a foreign country she's never been to - over eight thousand miles from home. — Mai's parents are making her spend her vacation in Vietnam so she can learn more about her roots and help her grandmother discover what happe... more »ned to her grandfather during the Vietnam War. Mai barely knows the language, the culture, or the customs, and she is desperately counting down the days until she can go back home.
In this sharply funny and poignant story, Mai will realize that home is not found on a map, but is instead made up of the people she calls family.« less