Title Channeary / Steve Tolbert

Published Melbourne : Longman Cheshire, 1991 ©1991

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	J Tol		AVAILABLE

Description vi, 154 pages : 2 maps ; 20 cm Series Clipper fiction Clipper fiction Kerry White collection of Australian children's books. ANL Summary When the Khmer Rouge attacks her small Cambodian fishing village, Channeary has to flee for her life, and eventually reaches the safety of a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, where she is offered a chance to come to Tasmania, another step into the unknown Analysis Australian Notes "Australian Multicultural Children's Book Award Short List" -- Cover Audience For teenagers Notes Australian Multicultural Children's Book Award Short List Subject Cambodian-Vietnamese Conflict, 1977-1991 -- Juvenile fiction. Cambodians -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Death -- Juvenile fiction. Ethnic attitudes -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Racism -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Refugees -- Cambodia -- Juvenile fiction. Teenagers -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Cambodia -- History -- Civil War, 1970-1975 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019091 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. LC no. anb58287553 ISBN 0582875536 (paperback)

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