Thien Pham
1) Sumo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A washed-up American football player finds a new life in sumo wrestling.
Scott, abandoned by his girlfriend and having lost his dream of playing professional football, is offered a position in a Japanese sumo training "stable," where he seems to find himself again.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author's childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream"-- Provided by publisher.
4) Level up
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict father's death, becomes obsessed with them but later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he chooses a nobler path.
5) Level up
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict father's death, becomes obsessed with them. Later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he chooses a nobler path.