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My Cat Looks Like My Dad, Wallpaper, and
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story, returns with
Thao. Based on Thao Lam’s own childhood experiences of being Vietnamese-Canadian in predominantly white environments,
Thao explores names, otherness, and pride in one’s identity.
Thao only has four letters in her first name, letters that make up other names, too – so why does her combination of these letters cause such difficulty for other people? At school, Thao’s Vietnamese name is often mispronounced – carelessly or deliberately – or goes unspoken. In several instances, Thao is on the receiving end of microaggressions, name-calling, and overt racism; sometimes Thao raises her hand in answer to a name nothing like her own. Since pronouncing Thao properly is such a problem for her peers, the young protagonist begins to wonder, Would it not be better if she simply changed her name? ....

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