The Resource First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung
First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung
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The item First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
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- Summary
- Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Perennial ed.
- Extent
- 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780060931384
- Label
- First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers
- Title
- First they killed my father
- Title remainder
- a daughter of Cambodia remembers
- Statement of responsibility
- Loung Ung
- Title variation
- 1st they killed my father
- Subject
-
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | War survivors
- Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979
- trueCambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979
- trueGenocide
- trueHistory writing -- Asia | Southeast Asia
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Civil Wars
- trueKhmer Rouge
- Political atrocities -- Cambodia
- trueRefugees
- trueRefugees, Cambodian
- trueUng, Loung
- Ung, Loung
- trueWomen refugees
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Cambodia -- Politics and government
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited
- Summary
- Chronicles the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, from the author's forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in 1975 to her family's subsequent movements from town to town and eventual separation
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2000.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2000.
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2001
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 169733
- Cataloging source
- ICrlF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ung, Loung
- Dewey number
- 959.604/2
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- Young Adult
- 920
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- DS554.8
- LC item number
- .U54 2001
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 920
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cambodia
- Political atrocities
- Ung, Loung
- Cambodia
- Atrocities
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a daughter of Cambodia remembers
- Label
- First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13966538
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Perennial ed.
- Extent
- 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780060931384
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, genealogical table
- System control number
-
- (InCu)056838E7FD954889B0996DF02BDEA7DA
- (IMchF)fol08490119
- Label
- First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers, Loung Ung
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13966538
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Perennial ed.
- Extent
- 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780060931384
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, genealogical table
- System control number
-
- (InCu)056838E7FD954889B0996DF02BDEA7DA
- (IMchF)fol08490119
Subject
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | War survivors
- Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979
- trueCambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979
- trueGenocide
- trueHistory writing -- Asia | Southeast Asia
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Civil Wars
- trueKhmer Rouge
- Political atrocities -- Cambodia
- trueRefugees
- trueRefugees, Cambodian
- trueUng, Loung
- Ung, Loung
- trueWomen refugees
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Cambodia -- Politics and government
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueHistory writing
- trueLife stories
Included in
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - History and Cultures: 2009
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 2000
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2000
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2001
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2000.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2000.
- Award
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2001
- Award
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
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