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Escape from Saigon

a Vietnam War orphan becomes an American boy

by Andrea Warren · 2004

Cover of Escape from Saigon
Popularity 30

Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio.

Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnamese AmericansRefugeesOrphansAdopted childrenAdoptionIntercountry adoptionInterracial adoptionJuvenile literatureChildrenBiography