First They Killed My Father

Name: First They Killed My Father
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ISBN: 9780060931384

ISBN-10: 0060931388

ISBN-13: 9780060931384

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Loung Ung

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Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city markets, fried crickets, chicken fights, and sassing her parents. When Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Ung's family was forced to flee their home and hide their previous life of privilege. Eventually, they dispersed in order to survive. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans while her other siblings were sent to labor camps. Only after the Vietnamese destroyed the Khmer Rouge were Loung and her surviving siblings slowly reunited. Bolstered by the shocking bravery of…

Book details

List price: $13.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Author's Note


Phnom Penh April 1975


The Ung Family April 1975


Takeover April 17, 1975


Evacuation April 1975


Seven-Day Walk April 1975


Krang Truop April 1975


Waiting Station July 1975


Anlungthmor July 1975


Ro Leap November 1975


Labor Camps January 1976


New Year's April 1976


Keav August 1976


Pa December 1976


Ma's Little Monkey April 1977


Leaving Home May 1977


Child Soldiers August 1977


Gold for Chicken November 1977


The Last Gathering May 1978


The Walls Crumble November 1978


The Youn Invasion January 1979


The First Foster Family January 1979


Flying Bullets February 1979


Khmer Rouge Attack February 1979


The Execution March 1979


Back to Bat Deng April 1979


From Cambodia to Vietnam October 1979


Lam Sing Refugee Camp February 1980


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


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