This is the moving story of 11-year-old Tra who lives with his family in post-war Vietnam. The story of a growing boy, who faces many hardships with his family, because it was interesting and moving.

The Jaws of the Dragon is a poignant tale that explores the challenges and uncertainties faced by a family in Vietnam, when there was once a war for freedom. Tra’s family is of Chinese, rather than Vietnamese, descent. When his father defies Thuan, the head of the village committee, they are forced to leave the home.