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This is a wonderful chapter book about a young Vietnamese girl and her family who live in a poor village. The girl's name is Binh and like her brother and friends, she is not able to go to school with other children her age because her family is too poor to afford the cost. Instead, she works on the side of a busy highway and sells fruit and soda from a cart to gain money for her family. One day, her grandmother tells everyone that her oldest daughter is going to visit from America, this is a shock because no one knew she had another daughter until she tells the story of meeting a man during the war. Binh is so excited about meeting her new aunt because she has seen American movies and thinks every American is rich and will bring a lot of gifts. After her new aunt arrives at the village. Binh realizes that American people are not as rich as they seem to be in movies and see that she is more plain than extravagant. However, Binh and her new aunt become very close and in the end, her aunt is able to surprise the entire family. This is a great book that brings up many cultural issues that students may come across with the increasing percentage of classroom diversity.

Marsden, C. (2007). Where Heaven Fell. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.