BookDragon Southeast Asian Tag

05 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Cambodian, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian

Twelve-year-old Dara, her older brother, and their mother are the only ones left of their once-large family. Although the Vietnam War officially ended in 1975, neighboring Cambodia – decimated by Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge regime – is still plagued with uncontrolled violence. Dara’s diminished family flees...