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Mai Le

This character is a 12-year-old girl who lives in California. She has to give up her summer plans to go to Vietnam with her grandmother and father.

Ut

This character is a Vietnamese girl who has a frog for a pet and wants to study frogs when she grows up.

Ba

This character is a mother and grandmother who lost her husband during the Vietnam war when he went missing in action.

Anh Minh

Anh Minh This character is a Vietnamese young man who is studying in the U.S. and who serves as a translator when an American girl comes to his village.

Mua

This character is a doctor who comes to Vietnam every summer to do volunteer work with patients who need cleft palate surgery or who have had terrible burns.

Renee

This character is a lawyer. When she was a child, her family fled...

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