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Now in paperback, the award-winning first picture book to recount the dramatic true story of a refugee familys perilous escape from VietnamIt is 1981. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a fishing boat overloaded with 60 Vietnamese refugees drifts. The motor has failed; the hull is leaking; the drinking water is nearly gone. This is the dramatic true story recounted by Tuan Ho, who was six years old when he, his mother, and two sisters dodged the bullets of Vietnams military police for the perilous chance of boarding that boat.Told to multi-award-winning author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and illustrated by the celebrated Brian Deines, Tuans story has become Adrift At Sea, the first picture book to describe the flight of Vietnams Boat People refugees.Illustrated with sweeping oil paintings and complete with an expansive Authors Note, this non-fiction picture book returns in a paperback edition as the world continues to grapple with the plight of refugees risking all for the chance at safety and a new life.