A best-seller novel by Nguyen Nhat Anh is listed among books to read outside studying hours at secondary and high schools in Thailand.

Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh poses next to his works. (Source: tuoitre.vn)

The book Give Me a Ticket to Childhood tells a story of the innocent but full of mischief childhoods of four kids. It was published in Thailand in 2011. Previously, it was translated into English and Korean.

With this book, Anh received the South East Asian Writers Awards, which was introduced in 1979 by the Thai Royal Family. This is the second book of writer Anh brought to schools abroad.

Chulalongkorn University also allows its students to write an essay about the book for the Introduction to Literature subject.

(Source: VNA)