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Never Fall Down
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Never Fall Down Hardcover - 2012

by McCormick, Patricia

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From National Book Award finalist McCormick ("Sold") comes a raw, powerful novel based on the true story of Arn Chorn Pond, a boy who survived the Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia to become a human rights activist.

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Balzer + Bray. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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  • Title Never Fall Down
  • Author McCormick, Patricia
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Advance Review C
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Balzer + Bray, New York
  • Date 2012-05
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # J06L-01040
  • ISBN 9780061730931 / 0061730939
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 14.73 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 14 to UP years
  • Grade levels 9 - UP
  • Reading level 710
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Soldiers, Cambodia - History - 1975-1979
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011052211
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the rear cover

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. 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, weak from hunger, malaria, or sheer exhaustion, dying before his eyes. He sees prisoners marched to a nearby mango grove, never to return. And he learns to be invisible to the sadistic Khmer Rouge, who can give or take away life on a whim.

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. In order to survive, he must quickly master the strange revolutionary songs the soldiers demand--and steal food to keep the other kids alive. 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 from the Khmer Rouge, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier. He lives by the simple credo: Over and over I tell myself one thing: never fall down.

Based on the true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, this is an achingly raw and powerful novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace, from National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2012, Page 77
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2013, Page 12
  • BookPage, 05/01/2012, Page 0
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2012, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2012, Page 93
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2012, Page 105
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2012, Page 0
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/02/2012, Page 33
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/26/2012, Page 83
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2012, Page 112
  • Shelf Awareness, 06/12/2012, Page 0
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2012, Page 32
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 02/01/2012, Page 596

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