Children of the River
"Seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between her Cambodian family's expectations and her desire to become more American now that she has been forced to relocate along with her aunt's family following the rise to power of the Khmer Rouge…The captivating, touching, and sometimes tragic story by Linda Crew (Delacorte, 1989) touches upon issues of culture, history, gender, and race wrapped around an engaging romance." — Library Journal
Special Populations: Refugees
Culture/Community: Cambodian / Cambodian American
Heritage & History: Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage and History
Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Violence, War, World History
Genre: Fiction
Format: Novel
Audiobook: No
Age Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Book Series: Across Cultures: Asian Pacific American Heritage (YA and Middle Grades), Refugee Stories from Asia
9780440210221