The Nguyen Kids: The Secret of the Jade Bangle

The Nguyen Kids: The Secret of the Jade Bangle — page 9
I look over at my six-year-old brother playing on the couch Jacob no more messes We’re having dinner soon Not yet Grandma Nội eats first he replies without looking up from his small building blocks I shake my head Jacob may be spoiled as the baby of the family but he pays attention Dad takes out five joss sticks long and skinny incense and lights them He hands one to each of us me Liz Jacob and Mom Dad closes his eyes He begins to whisper his prayers like the rest of the family It sounds half English and half Vietnamese I only know a few Vietnamese words I hold the joss stick with both hands and close 5