Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War

A true story about life in a Saigon orphanage, a dramatic rescue flight from Vietnam to Canada, adoption by a Canadian family, and growing up in Canada.

Last Airlift is the true story of the last Canadian airlift operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975. Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of 57 babies and children on that flight. Based on personal interviews and enhanced with archive photos, Tuyet's story of the Saigon orphanage and her flight to Canada is an emotional and suspenseful journey brought to life by award-winning children's author, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.

"Immediate and compelling, this moving refugee story deserves a wide audience."--Kirkus Reviews

Publisher: Pajama Press
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.79w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9780986949517
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 162439 / Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Readable

About the Author
Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk: - Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's award-winning books for young people include Last Airlift, a Red Cedar Information Book Award winner and OLA Red Maple Honour Book. Its sequel, One Step at a Time, won the OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award. Her YA novel Dance of the Banished is a Junior Library Guild Selection for 2015. In 2008, in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the development Ukraine's culture, Marsha was awarded the Order of Princess Olha. She lives in Brantford, Ontario.