Kadohata, Cynthia. A Million Shades of Gray.
Atheneum 2010 216p 16.99 978-1416918837 ms/jr
Y’Tin is a thirteen-year-old boy of the Mountain people living in South Vietnam three years after the US has left the country. He wants more than anything to be an elephant trainer, but warfare with the Viet Cong changes his plans. This story is gripping, as we become involved with Y’Tin and his love for his elephant Lady. The writing flows nicely as the reader learns about village life among the Mountain people in South Vietnam in the late 1970s. The story ends with Y’Tin realizing he must make a life for himself based on his own values rather than those of his father, even if it means separation from his family and his country. Kennedy, Carol
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I'm looking forward to reading this book. I think that Cynthia Kadohata always has a wonderful story to tell. The setting of Vietnam post-War will be interesting and I hope that I can link it to a study on Vietnam that I am currently teaching. I think this book will be a good tool to draw some of my cautious readers into Vietnam era and learn from it.
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