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Ha's oldest brother- Vu- rides a motorcycle and helps Ha out by taking her to and from school on it

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papaya is Ha's favorite fruit and she often craves it in America

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Ha's eldest brother- Vu "Lee" is a big fan of Bruce Lee and learns martial arts because of it, and though at first Ha finds it funny, her brother's martial arts skills help her out a lot when he starts to teach her

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Ha finds ginger hair (or orange hair as she calls it) very interesting because she has only seen black hair in Vietnam, so different hair colors are new and fascinating to her

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Ha and her family eventually find a home in Alabama

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Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

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Ha, her brothers and her mother take a ship to America

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Ha eventually makes a couple friends at school who dont make fun of her and are nice to her

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a gift from Has father to her mother, it his her mothers most prized possession but she loses it

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Ha is very close to her mother in the story and depends on her a lot for support and care

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Has brothers help her out a lot with her school situation and her problems in general, they are very supportive of her

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Tet is the New Year for Ha and her family and it is the most important day in the year for them

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Ha wears pretty lace and frilly dresses for Tet and important days

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kids at school excluded Ha from their activities and she was very often left out and spent lots of time by herself at school

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make a rag doll like the one Ha had:

1. Draw an outline of your rag doll on a piece of cloth. Make a large round or oval head.

2. Include a seam allowance of at least one inch you want to cut the rag doll pattern larger than the actual doll shape that you drew.

3. Take another piece of cloth the same size as the first one. Spread the cloth out under the first piece of cloth. Pin both pieces of cloth together.

4. Cut both pieces of cloth out at once, following the pattern that you drew.

5. Start at the center of the head, and hand stitch the two pieces of cloth together along the pattern's seam. Stop when you reach between the legs.

6. Stuff the doll. Make sure you get stuffing into every spot.

7. Continue hand stitching the two pieces of cloth along the second leg. Stuff the leg.

8. Continue stitching your way toward the head, stuffing the doll as you go. Once again, make sure all the corners are stuffed.

9. Sew the doll on a sewing machine after it's completely stuffed.

10. Sew on buttons and trim for the eyes, nose and mouth.

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Ha goes to school in America and has to learn new things that she wasn't taught in Vietnam

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Ha used to live in Saigon before it was turned to a battleground

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Ha was bullied at school in America because she looked different than the other kids

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soldiers running across the field

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Ha and her best friend in Vietnam- TiTi, had wanted to plant flowers and had gathered seeds for them

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grow a papaya tree just like Ha did in Vietnam:

wash the seeds from a ripe papaya

squeeze the seeds from the jelly that covers it

dry them in a shady place

plant the seeds in Dec

keep the plant moist

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during/before the War