Children Of The River

BY LINDA CREW

Brief Description:
Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was 13. Now, four years later, she struggles to fit in at her Oregon high school and to be "a good Cambodian girl" at home. A good Cambodian girl never dates; she waits for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy. Yet Sundara and Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy, are powerfully drawn to each other. Haunted by grief for her lost family and for the life left behind, Sundara longs to be with him. At the same time she wonders, Are her hopes for happiness and new life in America disloyal to her past and her people? Grades 7 and up.

Laurel Leaf 1991 224 PP. Boxed

$6.50 (low stock)