Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. Even at eleven years old, Y’Tin Eban knew what his future would look like: he would work with his elephant, Lady, until she died; he would travel to Ban Me Thuot then to Thailand and finally to America; and he would open an elephant-training school in Vietnam. Sélectionnez la section dans laquelle vous souhaitez faire votre recherche. Wonderful, moving story set in Vietnam at the close of the North/South conflict. When the evil North Vietnamese come and attack Y'Tin's village, Y'Tin has to escape and run into the very green and gray forest to survive and save his elephant's life. Il y a 0 commentaire et 0 évaluations venant de France, Vos articles vus récemment et vos recommandations en vedette. Kadohata gives us a glimpse into a culture few Americans understand. Y’Tin and his tribe live in Central Highlands in South Vietnam and every day, soldiers from the north are advancing closer and closer to his village. instead of being a million shades of green, all he can see is gray.] Désolé, un problème s'est produit lors de l'enregistrement de vos préférences en matière de cookies. Y'Tin is a gentle protagonist with an authentic voice trying to survive the arrival of the Vietcongs. $16.99. Comment les évaluations sont-elles calculées ? Between Shades of Gray is another wonderful book with a, now, unfortunate title. I was saddened at the idea that such a young boy would think he would need to fight the Vietcong, but that's probably more realistic than my fantasy of him escaping with the elephants to Thailand. Y’Tin wants nothing more than to be an elephant handler, and his dream is realized when, at the age of thirteen, he is assigned the all-important task of caring for Lady, one of the tribe’s three elephants. At least that is how I saw it because I really would have absoulutly loved it if she had maybye evn a bit less feeling and longer. But this is Vietnam and the Americans have pulled out leaving those who have helped them during the war vulnerable. Unit price / per . A Million Shades of Gray Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010. The internal conflict among the boys is abundant, with alliances shifting and suspicion constantly on the rise. It also shows the effects of the U.S. Pull-out from Vietnam on a group of friendly Vietnamese. He wants to open an elephant school and teach other people everything about elephants. some things are strange, and it can be confusing, but its a pret. The last couple of pages he totally went against being with family or being an elephant keeper. This book portrays the dignity and courage of Vietnamese villagers after the Vietnam War. Didn't like the way it ended abruptly. The story of Ytin, a member of the Dega tribe of the highlands of Vietnam, whose only aim in life is to be an elephant herder for his village. The specific locations are in the dessert and in school. he gets an elephant of his own and has lots of fun with her. a été ajouté à votre Panier. I would have liked an afterword about what happened to his tribe, his family, and him and how the Vietnam war affected him into adulthood. She lives … I'm glad to know more about this time in this country, even as my own country's actions appall me, but I would keep this book for tweens or teens -- Y'Tin may only be 13, but the lessons he is learning are harsh. The Best Dog in Vietnam) once again writes about the bond between an animal and its owner in the context of the Vietnam War. The book is about a thirteen-year-old boy named Y’Tin and his elephant Lady. 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