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This was the city that Ha had lived in all her life with her mom and three brothers: Brother Khoi, Brother Vu, and Brother Quang. The story starts in 1975 in Saigon where the Vietnam War had already been occuring between the North and the South. Ha's father was part of South Vietnam's navy and was captured at one point by the communists. Ha is very fond of her papaya tree that she has. Eventually Ha will have to leave Saigon with her mother and three brothers to escape Communism.

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Uncle Son had first given Ha's mother the opportunity to leave on a navy ship after telling her that staying in South Vietnam was too dangerous. Ha's mother was wondering about whether to go or not, but she eventually decided that it would be better for the family if they went on the ship. Ha and her family left behind a bunch of memories and went to go board the ship. By the time all the passengers got on the ship, they learned that Saigon is gone.

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The commander of the ship decided that the ship would be taking a river route due to it having no communists along the route. The commander also decided to decrease the rations of food from one clump of rice for morning, noon, and night and a cup of water to half a clump of rice at morning and night and one cup of water. The passengers of the ship also had to rest on straw mats on the ship. Eventually, the boat stops at an island called Guam.

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The passengers of the ship now have landed on the island called Guam. Everyone is living in green tents and sleeping in cots. Brother Quang becomes a translator for everyone while Brother Vu becomes the head chef. Cases of fish sauce were sent to the island that everyone enjoyed. Eventually the time came for every family to pick the location that they wanted to go live in. Ha's mother chooses Paris at first, but after talking with somebody she decides to choose America.

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Ha's family have flown to another tent camp in Florida to get sponsored by an American. They wait for a while and see other families getting sponsored except for them. Ha's mother decides to change their faith to "Christian" in hopes of having better chances of getting a sponsor. Eventually, an American from Alabama sponsors Ha's family due to Brother Quang's studies in engineering interesting him. The family then moves to Alabama.

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Ha and her family move to Alabama and live in the sponsor's house for some time. Ha's mother tells her children that they will have to learn English. All the kids that are going to school are going to have to repeat a grade. Eventually, the sponsor gets the family a new house with some furniture and prepaid rent. Ha now is going to have to deal with the struggles of learning all the rules of English and going to school.