Never Fall Down, Patricia McCormick
Never Fall Down, Patricia McCormick
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Never Fall Down
A Boy Soldier's Story of Survival

Author: Patricia McCormick

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/08/2012


Synopsis

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. It includes an author's note and acknowledgments from Arn Chorn-Pond himself. When soldiers arrive in his hometown, Arn is just a normal little boy. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever. Arn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp: working in the rice paddies under a blazing sun, he sees the other children dying before his eyes. One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers. This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. And just as the country is about to be liberated, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

About Patricia McCormick

Patricia McCormick is a former journalist and a two-time National Book Award finalist whose books include Cut, Sold, Never Fall Down, The Plot to Kill Hitler, the young readers edition of I Am Malala, and the award-winning picture book Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero. Patricia lives in New York. Visit her online at pattymccormick.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alyse on January 02, 2013

I knew about a movie titled The Killing Fields for years, but never knew that the movie was about one of the world's worst genocidal atrocities. This past summer I spent some time in both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia during a month-long backpacking trip through Southeast Asia. We went to the K......more

Goodreads review by حسام on February 01, 2021

سایه سرخ مرگ! کشتار قریب به دو میلیون نفر در طول کمتر از چهار سال عددی بزرگ است که تاریخ از آن حیرت می‌کند. عددی که بزرگترین خون‌ریزهای جهان هم در برابر آن حتما متحیر می‌شوند و زانو می‌زنند. این نسل‌کشی گسترده در حالی صورت گرفته که «خِمِرهای سرخ» می‌خواستند «تاریخ صفر» را پایه بگذارند. کار اجباری و ن......more