{"product_id":"mai-yas-long-journey-sheila-terman-cohen-9780870203657","title":"Mai Ya's Long Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Mai Ya Xiong and her family and their journey from the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand to a new life in Madison, Wisconsin, is extraordinary. Yet it is typical of the stories of the 200,000 Hmong people who now live in the United States and who struggle to adjust to American society while maintaining their own culture as a free people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMai Ya's Long Journey\u003c\/i\u003e follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin. Mai Ya's parents fled Laos during the Vietnam War and were refugees in Thailand for several years before reaching the United States. But the story does not end there. Students will read the challenges Mai Ya faces in balancing her Hmong heritage and her adopted American culture as she grows into adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Terman Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870203657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870203657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisconsin Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 7.08w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Award of Merit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Winner","brand":"Sheila Terman Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202198716671,"sku":"9780870203657","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ab3c61b-cc73-4ff3-88f0-da8acce964e5.jpg?v=1756819910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mai-yas-long-journey-sheila-terman-cohen-9780870203657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}