The Clay Marble By Minfong Ho

Dara s family hears there is food in the refugee camps near the border and they truly don t have a choice.

The clay marble by minfong ho. It s about a girl named dara and her family that need to survive the vietnam war but they get separated so dara and her new friend from the border jantu need to find their family but jantu s baby brothers foot gets hit by a bomb and she has to go to the hospital and dara needs to find her family and jantu s. The clay marble minfong ho 9780374412296 amazon com books may 10th 2018 the clay marble minfong ho on amazon com free shipping on qualifying offers fleeing war torn cambodia in 1980 dara her mother and her older brother find. In minfong ho s the clay marble the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real. It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu and illustrates the struggles they face.

In the clay marble by minfong ho dara and her family are trying to escape the khmer rouge by relocating to a refugee camp on the border thailand and cambodia during early 1980 while the khmer rouge were still fighting in the borders. 176 pages ages 10 14. Dara s family hears there is food in the refugee camps near the border and they truly don t have a choice. She writes books for children and young adults.

Like clay dolls themselves ho s rice without rain characters seem to walk through their parts their emotional turmoil rather than being revealed is simply stated. In minfong ho s the clay marble the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real. The clay marble by minfong ho paperback barnes noble. Fleeing war torn cambodia in 1980 dara her mother and her older brother find sanctuary in a refugee settlement on the thailand border but when.

If they want to eat they are going to have to go there. G buy the book trade paperback. If they want to eat they are going to have to go there. When the camp is bombed jantu makes a magic marble out of clay that helps dara track down her family and then return to the hospital for jantu and her brother.

Minfong ho is an award winning chinese america author. It is set in war torn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s. It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war. The khmer rouge was defeated by the socialist republic of vietnam and removed from power in 1979.

The clay marble is a 1991 children s novel by minfong ho. Our stores are openbook annexmembershipeducatorsgift cardsstores eventshelp.