In her new middle grade novel in verse, 'A Year Without Home,' V.T. Bidania tells the story of her Hmong family's escape from Laos after the end of the Vietnam War.

Her writing is often colorful, sometimes purple, sometimes graced with beautiful phrases. Her revelations are surprising -- from learning the concept of seatbelts to the idea that babies come from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Twin Cities is home to the largest urban Hmong population in the country. The Hmong were drawn to Minnesota by job ...