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Author:

Ung, Loung.

Title:

Lucky child : a daughter of Cambodia reunites with the sister she left behind / Loung Ung.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollins,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xv, 268 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ung, Chou.
Ung, Chou--Family.
Cambodian Americans--Biography.
Refugees--United States--Biography.
Sisters--United States--Biography.
Sisters--Cambodia--Biography.
Cambodia--Biography.
Political atrocities--Cambodia--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268).

Contents:

The Ung family tree -- Welcome to America -- Chou -- Minnie Mouse and gunfire -- War in peace -- "Hungry, hungry hippos" -- Amah's reunion -- Square vanilla journal -- Restless spirit -- Ghosts in costume and snow -- A child is lost -- The first American Ung -- Totally awesome U.S.A. -- A box from America -- The Killing fields in my living room -- Living their last wind -- Sex ed -- Betrothed -- Sweet sixteen -- A peasant princess -- Write what you know -- Flying solo -- A motherless mother -- No Suzy Wong -- Eldest brother returns -- Seeing monkey -- Khouy's town -- Ma's daughters.

ISBN:

9780060733940 (acid-free paper)
0060733942 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2004054346

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CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

FRPA224 -- Volga Public Library (Volga)

58SX745 -- West Bend-Mallard High School (West Bend)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

41SX706 -- West Liberty High School Library (West Liberty)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)