The Clay Marble

A communist group called the khmer rouge took control of the country and treated the people with great brutality.

The clay marble.

It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu and illustrates the struggles they face. The clay marble is a 1991 children s novel by minfong ho. People were forced to leave the cities and work as farmers in the fields. The clay marble 176.

It is set in war torn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s. What is best about the clay marble is that one of the three main characters is a male. If they want to eat they are going to have to go there. 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 is a great book about war survival friendship and overcoming adversity. Sign in to purchase instantly. The story of the clay marble by minfong ho takes place in cambodia during the late 1970 s. It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war.

Paperback reprint 7 99. By minfong ho editorial reviews. In minfong ho s the clay marble the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real.