Mali Under the Night Sky is the true story of Laotian American artist Malichansouk Kouanchao, whose family was forced by civil war to flee Laos when she was five. Before the war began, Mali lived an idyllic life in a community where she felt safe and was much loved. But the coming war caused her family to flee to another country and a life that was less than ideal.

• ISBN: 9781933693682
• Author: Youme
• Published: 2010 , Cinco Puntos Press
• Themes: civil war, Family, Memories, Refugees
• Descriptors: Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 40