It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu and illustrates the struggles they face.
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She sleeps alone for the first time in her life with the clay marble to comfort her.
In the late 1970s twelve year old dara joins a refugee camp in war torn cambodia and becomes separated from her family.
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The clay marble is a 1991 children s novel by minfong ho it is set in war torn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s.
The clay marble although directed towards younger audiences expresses a message about war loss and friendship beautifully in it s simplicity.
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The setting for this historical novel is war torn cambodia during the early 1980s.
As most of the books that fall under the title of children s literature do it depicts quite a mature image with meaningful themes hiding behind the innocence of a child s book.
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Twelve year old dara and her family have just arrived at a.
It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war.
And related readings chapters 5 and 6 summary analysis minfong ho this study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries quotes character analysis themes and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the clay marble.
Dara returns to the camp to look for her and jantu s families.
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