First They Killed My Father
Book description
A major film, co-written and directed by Angelina Jolie
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 being cheeky to her parents.…
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1 author picked First They Killed My Father as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book details the heart-rending, painful experience of a Cambodian child victim of genocide in 1975-1979 under the brutal dictatorship of Pol Pot. The Khmer Rouge's one-party regime killed an estimated 1-3 million people overall. It is important to highlight the massacres within Southeast Asia that are often neglected in the Western education system.
More specifically, First They Killed My Father is a raw, powerful book story of resilience. Loung Ung was only five years old when she was forced to become a child soldier and survive in grueling manual child labor conditions while her siblings were also similarly forced…
From Akana's list on oppression for young adults.
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