Alive in the Killing Fields: Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.In this captivating memoir, a young Nawuth defies the odds and survives the invasion of his homeland by the Khmer Rouge. Under the brutal reign of the dictator Pol Pot, he loses his parents, young sister, and other members of his family. After his hometown of Salatrave was overrun, Nawuth and his remaining relatives are eventually captured and enslaved by Khmer Rouge fighters. They endure physical abuse, hunger, and inhumane living conditions. But through it all, their sense of family holds them together, giving them the strength to persevere through a time when any assertion of identity is punishable by death.Nawuth's story of survival and escape from the Killing Fields of Cambodia is also a message of hope; an inspiration to children whose worlds have been darkened by hardship and separation from loved ones. This story provides a timeless lesson in the value of human dignity and freedom for readers of all ages.

Details

• Title Alive in the Killing Fields: Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
• Author Martha E. Kendall
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition number 1st
• Edition 1
• Pages 128
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher National Geographic Kids
• Date 2009-10-13
• Illustrated Yes
• Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9781426305153 / 142630515X
• Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
• Dimensions 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.6 in (21.08 x 14.22 x 1.52 cm)
• Ages 12 to UP years
• Grade levels 7 - UP
• Reading level 750
• Themes
  • Chronological Period: 1970's
  • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
• Library of Congress subjects Keat, Nawuth, Political refugees - Cambodia
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008039805
• Dewey Decimal Code B