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Children of the River

(Laurel-Leaf Contemporary Fiction)

By Linda Crew

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| Paperback | 9780440210221

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Book Description

Grades 7 and up

Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, leaving behind her parents, her brother and sister, and the boy she had loved since she was a child.

Now, four years later, she struggles to fit in at her OregContinue

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Kstack said on Jan 4, 2011 about the School & Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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Comments:
realism, war, immigration, assimilation, conltural conflict, death, love
Summary:
This book is about a Cambodian girl who leaves her country with her aunt, uncle and cousins due to war. She has to deal with many chnages in her life, especially that of not having her paren ... (continue)

Comments:
realism, war, immigration, assimilation, conltural conflict, death, love
Summary:
This book is about a Cambodian girl who leaves her country with her aunt, uncle and cousins due to war. She has to deal with many chnages in her life, especially that of not having her parents with her and not knowing if they are alive in Cambodia. She witnesses death with her bayb n iece an dlaos when her friend from Cambodia dies. This book could be used to address topics such as death, war, immigration, love, cultural conflicts. I think one activity that would be great to do with this book is to ask students to look at their culture, choose one aspect of and think if it has ever been in conflict with teh culture of other students and to write how they feel about t hat conflict. International Reading Association Award.

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