Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War

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 Skrypuch.

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Author: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Publisher: Pajama Press
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780986949548

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

Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2012
School Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 187
Booklist 04/15/2012 pg. 58
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2012
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2012 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

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.