Alive in the Killing Fields
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2009]
Format: Book
Description: 127 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm
The gripping story of a young boy who survived the atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and escaped to the United States.
Contents:
"You're lucky" -- From student to slave -- The jungle -- Jail without walls -- Hunger -- Survival -- Crossfire -- Escaping the Khmer Rouge -- In the city -- Walking -- Waiting -- Flight to freedom.
Subjects:
Keat, Nawuth, 1964- -- Teen literature.
Political refugees -- Cambodia -- Teen literature.
Political refugees -- United States -- Teen literature.
Political atrocities -- Cambodia -- Teen literature.
Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979 -- Teen literature.
Keat, Nawuth, 1964- -- Teen literature.
Political refugees -- Cambodia -- Teen literature.
Political refugees -- United States -- Teen literature.
Political atrocities -- Cambodia -- Teen literature.
Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979 -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: Lexile: 750.
ISBN:
9781426305160 (reinforced : alk. paper)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T BIOGRAPHY Keat, Nawuth | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Teen | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Keat, Nawuth | Ballentine Indoors | Teen Biography | In |
More Formats
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.0 4.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection