The clay marble by minfong ho is a historical story about the vietnam war.
The clay marble by minfong ho.
It is set in war torn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s.
176 pages ages 10 14.
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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.
It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war.
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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.
In minfong ho s the clay marble the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real.
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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 khmer rouge was defeated by the socialist republic of vietnam and removed from power in 1979.
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.
Dara s family hears there is food in the refugee camps near the border and they truly don t have a choice.
It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu and illustrates the struggles they face.
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.
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.
Dara s family hears there is food in the refugee camps near the border and they truly don t have a choice.
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The clay marble is a 1991 children s novel by minfong ho.