The Clay Marble Book

It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war.
The clay marble book. Dara with what she believes is the help of the marble manipulates her way into working for the camp cook and eventually reunites with both families. I just finished reading the title story the clay marble to my class. I just finished reading the title story the clay marble to my class. More by and about this author.
More books you d like. This is the only story we read so cannot speak to the other essays and stories within this book but the story of the clay marble is riddled with typos. Read 11 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. Sarun is now a soldier and determined to make good on his new career.
The clay marble by minfong ho unknown edition in the late 1970s twelve year old dara joins a refugee camp in war torn cambodia and becomes separated from her family. More from publishers weekly. What a wonderful story. The clay marble book.
The clay marble minfong ho author farrar straus giroux 14 95 163p isbn 978 0 374 31340 1. The whole while dara relies on the magic clay marble for help and courage. The clay marble although directed towards younger audiences expresses a message about war loss and friendship beautifully in it s simplicity. In the late 1970s twelve year old dara joins a refugee camp in war.
Some days jantu tells stories and. What a wonderful story. 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. It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu and illustrates the struggles they face.
As the days pass dara spends more and more time with jantu.