The day after Hằng arrives in Texas from a refugee camp, she goes in search of her younger brother who was mistakenly taken from her arms to a plane during the fall of Saigon six years earlier. She has carried the heavy guilt of his separation ever since. When she finally finds him, her brother wants nothing to do with her, insisting he does not remember Vietnam. Hằng takes a job on a nearby ranch, determined to find a way into her brother’s memories and life. LeeRoy, an aspiring cowboy, becomes entangled in Hằng’s search for redemption and in the gradual revelation of her deep and painful secret.

Butterfly Yellow is a WOW Recommends: Book of the Month for October 2020.

Featured in WOW Review Volume XIII, Issue 2.

Related: Realistic Fiction, United States, Vietnam, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780062229212
• Author: Thanhhà Lại
• Published: September 3, 2019, HarperCollins
• Themes: Family and social issues, Refugees and exiles, Siblings
• Descriptors: Realistic Fiction, United States, Vietnam, Young Adult (ages 14-18)