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Flight Across the Mekong

Flight Across the Mekong

Author(s): Jennifer Cook

Genre(s): Young Adult

Era(s): 1970s

A mesmerising adventure story about a Canadian family in Vientiane, Laos. The communists take over the country in 1975. Anna and Harry don’t have much planned for their Summer but they have to take flight on a breathtaking journey to save a Lao family and help them escape across the Mekong.

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