Escape From Saigon
Andrea Warren
Pages Read-102
Rating of the Book-8.5 out of ten
Greg Jencks
The book Escape from a Saigon is about a boy named Long who is stuck in the middle of the Vietnam War. After his mothers suicide Long winds up with his Grandmother Ba in Saigon. Long spends a good year with his grandmother but when the north VC arrive in Saigon long finds himself in a foster home (Holt). Long is scared to death with that fact that he is being sent to America to find a new family. Nearly a month after Long arrived at Holt, Long had found a family. This book is all about Long or Matt as he is now called escape from his home in search of a better life.
I rate this book an 8.5 because I felt that it didn’t have enough information about long. For about half the book they talked about the war and the impact of it. They didn’t focus on the character as much as they should have.
I could picture myself in his position. It would be so scary if i was thinking in my mind i was getting sent to a new family. This book shows how scary somethings in life can be, and how careful we have to be with some steps we take.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a lot to go through. How old was Long? I can not even imagine having to go through all of that. I think it would be very difficult to have to leave everything behind and go to a new county. I like how you talked about why you rated the book the way you did. Good job!
ReplyDeleteGood Job Greg:) I loved how you just bluntly said you didnt like something about the book, it shows you really read and understood it, even though you didnt like it. And dont you hate it when you want something more in depth!? Anyway, I have some questions.. why was Long sent to America, and then why did he want to get away from his foster family? and was there anything that you did like about the book, that you would recommend it to someone, becuase I found the title very intriguing, but I want to make sure its a good choice before I take it out!
ReplyDeleteHi Greg,
ReplyDeleteNot only moving to a new country, but having your name changed too must have been very difficult for Long. I am glad you were honest about your rating - providing some background information on Vietnam was probably helpful to understand where the character was coming from, but sometimes too much information can detract from the story which sounds like what happened here.
Mrs. B.