Shunned and mistreated because of her mixed heritage, and determined to avoid an arranged marriage, seventeen-year-old Loi runs away to Ho Chi Minh City with the hope that she and the boy she loves will be able to go to the United States to find her American father.

שם הספר
The Lotus Seed
In the Shadow of the Alamo
Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam
The Lotus Seed