Orphaned at the age of four when her village in Viet Nam is bombed, Kim is rescued by American soldiers and raised in an orphanage, always finding comfort in her mother’s last words: “Don’t be afraid. I will always be with you.”

• ISBN: 9780802852953
• Published: 2008 , Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Themes: Effects of war, Loneliness, Mothers and daughters, Orphans, Vietnam War
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Vietnam
• No. of pages: 32