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Never Fall Down

Audiobook

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.

Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. It includes an author's note and acknowledgments from Arn Chorn-Pond himself.

When soldiers arrive in his hometown, Arn is just a normal little boy. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever.

Arn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp: working in the rice paddies under a blazing sun, he sees the other children dying before his eyes. One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers.

This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. And just as the country is about to be liberated, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.


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Publisher: Balzer + Bray Edition: Unabridged
Awards:

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780062132697
  • File size: 174165 KB
  • Release date: May 8, 2012
  • Duration: 06:02:50

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780062132697
  • File size: 174399 KB
  • Release date: May 8, 2012
  • Duration: 06:02:47
  • Number of parts: 5

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Formats

OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.5
Lexile® Measure:710
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:3

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.

Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. It includes an author's note and acknowledgments from Arn Chorn-Pond himself.

When soldiers arrive in his hometown, Arn is just a normal little boy. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever.

Arn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp: working in the rice paddies under a blazing sun, he sees the other children dying before his eyes. One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers.

This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. And just as the country is about to be liberated, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Balzer + Bray
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    Awards:

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780062132697
    File size: 174165 KB
    Release date: May 8, 2012
    Duration: 06:02:50

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780062132697
    File size: 174399 KB
    Release date: May 8, 2012
    Duration: 06:02:47
    Number of parts: 5

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 4.5
    Lexile® Measure: 710
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 3
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