{"product_id":"the-whispering-cloth-pegi-shea-9781563976230","title":"The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee's Story","description":"Mai spends her days at the Widows' Store, listening to the Hmong women as they stitch and talk, stitch and talk. They are making pa'ndau---brightly colored story cloths--which they sell to the traders from Chiang Khan. Mai wishes she, too, could make one of the beautiful pa'ndau, but what story could she tell? This moving and poignant tale depicts life in a refugee camp in Thailand. Mai lives there with her grandmother, who helps her as she struggles to perfect her stitchery. Only by going back into her own brief and tragic past can she find a story to tell--one of hope and faith in the midst of war and confinement. Anita Riggio has rendered lush and sensitive watercolors that frame the story. You Yang, a Hmong immigrant, has stitched the pa'ndau that tell Mai's tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegi Deitz Shea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563976234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563976230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 9.64w x 0.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e14527 \/ Whispering Cloth: A Refugee's Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePegi Deitz Shea \u003c\/b\u003evisited Ban Vinai, the refugee camp in Thailand where this story is set. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBungalow Fungalow \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in Rockville, Connecticut. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnita Riggio \u003c\/b\u003eis the author-illustrator of several books, including \u003ci\u003eA Moon in My Teacup \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeware the Brindlebeast, \u003c\/i\u003eboth published by Boyds Mills Press. She lives in Wethersfield, Connecticut.","brand":"Pegi Deitz Shea","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047864660223,"sku":"9781563976230","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68454288-a9e8-470a-bc6a-44a5b7e84b94.jpg?v=1684992598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-whispering-cloth-pegi-shea-9781563976230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}