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Cricket War, The

Thọ Phạm and Sandra McTavish

Ages: 12+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Kids Can Press

ISBN: 978-1-5253-0655-6

Keywords: War, pirates, Vietcong, Canada

In 1980 Thọ faces conscription in the Vietnamese army. His love of cricket fighting takes a back seat to a harrowing journey to escape. Semi-autobiographical. Map. Back matter.