Never fall down: a novel
When soldiers arrive at his hometown in Cambodia, Arn is just a kid, dancing to rock 'n' roll, hustling for spare change, and selling ice cream with his brother. 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, weak from hunger, malaria, or sheer exhaustion, dying before his eyes. He sees prisoners marched to a nearby mango grove, never to return. And he learns to be invisible to the sadistic Khmer Rouge, who can give or take away life on a whim.
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. In order to survive, he must quickly master the strange revolutionary songs the soldiers demand—and steal food to keep the other kids alive. 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 from the Khmer Rouge, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier. He lives by the simple credo: Over and over I tell myself one thing: never fall down.
Based on the true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, this is an achingly raw and powerful novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace, from National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick.
Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979 -- Fiction
Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979 -- Juvenile fiction
Child soldiers
Child soldiers -- Fiction
Chorn-Pond, Arn
Chorn-Pond, Arn -- Fiction
Genocide
Genocide -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Party of Democratic Kampuchea -- Fiction
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Fiction
Young adult fiction
9780062132697
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subject_facet | Biographical fiction Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979 -- Fiction Cambodia -- History -- 1975-1979 -- Juvenile fiction Child soldiers -- Fiction Chorn-Pond, Arn -- Fiction Genocide -- Fiction Historical fiction Party of Democratic Kampuchea -- Fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Young adult fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Never fall down : a novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Never fall down : a novel / Patricia McCormick Never fall down : a novel [electronic resource] / Patricia McCormick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Never fall down | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | a novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Child soldiers Chorn-Pond, Arn Genocide History Soldiers |