Children of the River

ISBN-10	0-440-21022-4
ISBN-13	978-0-440-21022-1
Author	Crew, Linda
Publisher	Laurel Leaf
Copyright	1989
Lexile	700L
Genre	Fiction, Children's literature
Synopsis	At thirteen, Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt’s family to escape the Khmer Rouge army, leaving her parents, two siblings and the boy she had loved since childhood behind. Now at seventeen she is trying to fit in at her Oregon high school and 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. But what about Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy that she is drawn to?
Themes	Refugees, families, race, families
Protagonist	Female, Refugee
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