The Clay Marble

Both the girls and their families are caught in the middle of the war fare that is ravaging their country.

The clay marble.

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. The story of the clay marble by minfong ho takes place in cambodia during the late 1970 s. As most of the books that fall under the title of children s literature do it depicts quite a mature image with meaningful themes hiding behind the innocence of a child s book. Dara who is twelve and jantu who is thirteen.

4 hrs and 31 mins 4 out of 5 stars 4 2 49 ratings free with 30 day trial 14 95 month after 30 days. It is set in war torn cambodia after the fall of the khmer rouge in the early 1980s. The clay marble by minfong ho is a great book about war survival friendship and overcoming adversity. The clay marble is a 1991 children s novel by minfong ho.

This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the clay marble. What is best about the clay marble is that one of the three main characters is a male. It also shows how brave a girl can be and all the effects and sufferings of the war. This novel for young adults is set during the mid 1970s in cambodia during a period when the country was ruled by the khmer rouge a communist dictatorship.

If they want to eat they are going to have to go there. And related readings by minfong ho. It is about a girl named dara and her friend jantu and illustrates the struggles they face. In minfong ho s the clay marble the life of a little girl as a cambodian refugee is all too real.

Dara s family hears there is food in the refugee camps near the border and they truly don t have a choice. A communist group called the khmer rouge took control of the country and treated the people with great brutality. The clay marble although directed towards younger audiences expresses a message about war loss and friendship beautifully in it s simplicity.