Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. In order to survive, he must quickly master the strange revolutionary songs the soldiers demand - and steal food to keep the other kids alive. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers. ![]() One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. And he learns to be invisible to the sadistic Khmer Rouge, who can give or take away life on a whim. He sees prisoners marched to a nearby mango grove, never to return. 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. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever.Īrn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp. 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. ![]()
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