Loung Ung: 4 books
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Repackaged in a new tie-in edition to coincide with the Netflix film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, a moving story of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her triumphant spirit as she survived the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot’s brutal regime.
Until...
Lulu in the Sky
A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Concluding the trilogy that started with the bestselling memoir First They Killed My Father, Loung Ung describes her college experience and her first steps into adulthood, revealing her struggle to reconcile with her past while moving forward towards happiness. After the violence of the Khmer Rouge...
Lucky Child
A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant...
10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction
Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The excerpts featured in this free sampler come from some of our most popular nonfiction books for middle and high school classrooms—making them ideal choices to meet the new Common Core Standards for the English Language Arts. From the primary documents of The American Reader to The Boy Who Harnessed...