Song of the Buffalo Boy

Sherry Garland. Graphia Books, $6.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-15-200098-1

PW singled out the ``strongly atmospheric'' writing, with its ``graceful interpolations of Vietnamese words and references to Vietnamese culture and traditions,'' in this account of an Amerasian girl's journey toward self-realization. Ages 12-up. (Apr.)

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