Song of the Buffalo Boy (Great Episodes)

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Summary: The Decision Between a Vietnamese and an American
Review: A girl born in Vietnam has fallen in love with a buffalo herder who has seen the mayhem in the war. The girl, Loi lives on the streets. The buffalo herder Khai is whom she has fallen in love with instead of an officer. Those thoughts have been trailing the minds if Loi should leave her family to have a better life in America.

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Summary: One of the best books to read
Review: Clearly the author understands Vietnamese culture and the experience of Amerasians living in Vietnam and their struggles to figure out what is family and who they are. This beautiful book is one that gives the reader a real feel for the protagonist's qwest, dream, and realizations. I stayed up all night fiinishing this book, only to wish that there would be a sequal becuase it is so good.

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Summary: Song of the Buffalo Boy
Review: Have you ever wondered how it was for children that had American fathers but lived in Vietnam? Well this story Son of the Buffalo Boy is just about that. The main character Loi was trying to look for her "father" who now lives in America. First she was arranged to marry a person who she didn't like so she faked her death and ran away with the person she loved, Khai. However, when they were getting on the bus Khai didn't make it so Loi had to go to the new town all alone. When she got there, she had no money so she had to practical beg for food and steal money. She also meets her "brother" Joe who was an orphan. He took her to the place were she could register to go to America. He then took her to live with him in Amerisian Park. Two weeks later when she was walking down the street, she saw one of Khai's carvings and she he was there so she left a message with the storeowner. To know if she meets back up with Khai or goes to America you have to read it first.

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Summary: Song of the Buffalo Boy
Review: I had read this book when I'm a freshman in highschool. I just happen to find the book and begin reading. I really like the book. The author seem to understand the Vietnamese culture. The book gives me the feeling of how the country people in Vietnam lives and its culture. The love between Loi and Khai caught me the best. It's a wonderful book to read.

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Summary: It's a great Vietnamese cultrue romance novel
Review: I had read this book when I'm a freshman in highschool. I just happen to find the book and begin reading. I really like the book. The author seem to understand the Vietnamese culture. The book gives me the feeling of how the country people in Vietnam lives and its culture. The love between Loi and Khai caught me the best. It's a wonderful book to read.

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Summary: It was a good, exciting, and overall cool book!
Review: I like this book because as I said, it was good, exciting, and overally cool! I think that Sherry Garland used very descriptinve words, and its really cool that she threw in some Vietnamease words, too! Don't let the thick book fool you! This book is really great. I got this book for a multicultural book project, but I really love it

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Summary: Needs to be more realistic according to the time it is set i
Review: I sounded like it was set maybe a hundred years ago... not in the '80s. You may argue that I'm just am ignorant of the fact that Vietnam is still 'backwards', but as a person who has lived in South East Asia all my life, I'm in a position to say that people in Vietnam are desperate, but not in such way, especially not teenagers like Loi. There was too much adventure for Loi, which made the story unbelievable. Other than that its a book that will keep you busy when you're absolutley bored.

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Summary: Song of the Buffalo Boy
Review: I think this story portrayed some very delicate subjects pertaining to the Vietnam War. This book addressed issues that are often left out of school history curriculum for various reasons - mostly because teachers feel uncomfortable discussing them. However, Ms. Garland adresses these issues in an effective manner. She also touches on the state of Vietnam in the years following the war. I think this is an excellent book to confront issues that are overlook due to embarassment. I highly receommend this book for teachers who are studying the Vietnam war or immigration issues.

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Summary: Song of the Buffalo Boy
Review: Loi wanted to get married with Khai but her mom and uncle made her get married with Officer Hiep and she doesn't want to so she escapes to Saigon so she can go to America and find her dad, then she arrived to Saigon andand Khai came after and she found him and didn't want to go anymore so she went back home and got married with Khai in their village. I agree with the author because it was a really good bookand she put a lot of details and good events in the book. My favorite part when she was pretending to look like a bumb on her engagement day with officer Hiep.The title connects with the book. I would recomend this book to probably anybody or people that like a little romance because this bookis kind of like a romance. I think it would be a great book for anyone.

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Summary: Song of the Buffalo Boy
Review: Song of the Buffalo Boy is a wonderful book about some of the effects of the war in Vietnam. It was written by Sherry Garland. It is 282 pages, but has a double-spaced format, which makes it fly by. It tells the story of a fifteen year old farm girl in a town near Da Nang, Vietnam. She is very tall, with large hands and curly black hair. This is because she is Amerasian. During the Vietnam war, many Vietnamese women slept with soldiers for money. Loi remembers being with a tall blonde man and her mother when she was young. He seemed kind, and gentle. She has a picture of herself, her mother and this soldier. She is certain that this is her father, although whenever she brings up the subject her mother won't tell her anything. Her dream is to go to America and find her father. She has no idea about the Amerasian Homecoming project, which was set up in Vietnam for children of the wars. It was a real program that gave over 80,000 Amerasian children the opportunity to go to America.. The other dream she has is to ,marry a young Buffalo herder by the name of Khai. They love each other, but his family thinks it will be dishonorable for him to marry a Con-Lai. A Con-Lai means a half breed in Vietnamese. This book takes place in 1989, but it seems like a long time before that because her lifestyle is so simple. The author did a really great job at describing things and giving the characters distinct, passionate personalities. It isn't a predictable book at all. The books takes many twists and turns, ending in one final curve in the story. I thought this book gave a really wonderful insight into the lives of farming Vietnamese in this time period, and is probably fairly the same today. She did a lot of research for this book, and it was one of the most phenomenal books that I have ever read.