Last Airlift is the true story of the last Canadian airlift operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975. Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of 57 babies and children on that flight. Based on personal interviews and enhanced with archive photos, Tuyet's story of the Saigon orphanage and her flight to Canada is an emotional and suspenseful journey brought to life by award-winning children's author, Marsha Skrypuch.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Information Book category by the Red Cedar Book Award. It was recognised by the Hamilton Literary Children's and Young Adult Award. It also was recognised by the Cooperative Children's Book Centre Choice Award. It was recognised by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal. Also it was recognised by the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. It was recognised in the Best Bets category by the Ontario Library Association Awards. It was recognised in the Refugee Experience category by the Booklist. It was recognised by the Resource Links the Year's Best. It was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards. It was recognised by the Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 120 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Pajama Press .

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's award-winning books for young people include Last Airlift, a Red Cedar Information Book Award winner and OLA Red Maple Honour Book. Its sequel, One Step at a Time, won the OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award. Her YA novel Dance of the Banished is a Junior Library Guild Selection for 2015. In 2008, in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the development Ukraine's culture, Marsha was awarded the Order of Princess Olha. She lives in Brantford, Ontario.