Albert (Lengy) Lengviriyakul, is fed up with being Thai. His parents own a Thai restaurant with the cheesy name of Thai-riffic! and Lengy is sick of being his father's curry guinea pig, longing to just eat pizza! At school he is a bit of a troublemaker, going to any lengths to hide his background. But when his best friend decides to become Thai for a day for a school project, Lengy stubbornly comes to the realization that there may just be some pretty cool things about his culture.

Thai-riffic!

Children's Books

Phommavanh, Oliver

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Puffin AU

It's one small step for nerds, one giant leap to being cool Mama tells me I'm gifted and talented. But I know the truth. I'm just a nerd. Kids call me Con-nerd—half Connor and all nerd. I'm supposed to become a doctor but i have this deep, dark secret: I want to be a cartoonist. And all of a sudden my mega-cool comics are getting noticed at school—I might even get into a special art class . That would sure impress this girl I'm keen on. . . and it might just be my chance to show the world my true destiny. But I'm not sure Mama will see it quite that way. . . Full of the signature laugh-out-loud humor seen in his fabulously funny Thai-riffic!, Oliver Phommavanh has produced yet another totally engaging and hilarious story about finding your own special talents and having the confidence to use them.

Con-nerd

Humor

In his signature style, Oliver creates a fabulously diverse and heartfelt duo in Thao and Kadir and their sometimes hilarious and sometimes heart-wrenching dilemmas of culture and belonging in a remote rural community. Throw in some slam poetry and it might just end in a lifelong friendship and a whole lot more understanding.

What About Thao?

Literature & Fiction

Puffin (AU YR)

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