Título: My Father, The Panda Killer
Autor: Jamie Jo Hoang
Sinopse: A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing against the Vietnamese culture, juxtaposed with her father as an eleven-year-old boat person on a harrowing and traumatic refugee journey from Vietnam to the United States. San Jose, 1999. Jane knows her Vietnamese dad can’t control his temper. Lost in a stupid daydream, she forgot to pick up her seven-year-old brother, Paul, from school. Inside their home, she hands her dad the stick he hits her with. This is how it’s always been. She deserves this. Not because she forgot to pick up Paul, but because at the end of the summer she’s going to leave him when she goes away to college. As Paul retreats inward, Jane realizes she must explain where their dad’s anger comes from. The problem is, she doesn’t quite understand it herself. Äà Nẵng, 1975. Phúc (pronounced /foÍžok/, rhymes with duke) is eleven the first time his mother walks him through a field of mines he’s always been warned never to enter. Guided by cracks of moonlight, Phúc moves past fallen airplanes and battle debris to a refugee boat. But before the sun even has a chance to rise, more than half the people aboard will perish. This is only the beginning of Phúc’s perilous journey across the Pacific, which will be fraught with Thai pirates, an unrelenting ocean, starvation, hallucination, and the unfortunate murder of a panda. Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Phúc, My Father, The Panda Killer is an unflinching story about war and its impact across multiple generations, and how one American teenager forges a path toward accepting her heritage and herself.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “My Father, The Panda Killer”, de Jamie Jo Hoang, publicado pela editora Crown Books for Young Readers, em 2023 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Crown Books for Young Readers
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0593642961
ISBN13: 9780593642962
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Crown Books for Young Readers costumam explorar narrativas que misturam fantasia, aventura e temas contemporâneos, muitas vezes com protagonistas jovens enfrentando desafios pessoais e sociais. O catálogo traz histórias que transitam entre mundos fantásticos, como reinos mágicos e universos alternativos, e situações mais realistas, como crises familiares e dilemas adolescentes. O tom varia do suspense à leveza humorística, com ritmo que pode ser tanto intenso e tenso quanto mais descontraído e dinâmico. As sinopses indicam uma preocupação em apresentar personagens complexos, muitas vezes lidando com perdas, segredos ou buscas por identidade, o que confere densidade emocional às tramas.
