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A review by perilous1
Children of the River by Linda Crew
4.0
Culturally rich and poignantly memorable. A young refugee of Cambodia's horrific civil war struggles to assimilate into American culture, and even more courageously, into life at a public high school. A haunting trauma from her past catches up to her, demanding to be faced even as she is otherwise overwhelmed with the possibility of experiencing first love.
This story clung to me for years after I read it, and proved to be a tremendous insight when I encountered a number of Somalian refugee students in the middle of my high school career. While the cultures bare little resemblance, the difficulties of immigration, culture shock, post-traumatic stress, and language barriers all bare the same echo. I don't know if I would have been able to be as empathetic toward their situation if I hadn't previously been introduced to this book.
This story clung to me for years after I read it, and proved to be a tremendous insight when I encountered a number of Somalian refugee students in the middle of my high school career. While the cultures bare little resemblance, the difficulties of immigration, culture shock, post-traumatic stress, and language barriers all bare the same echo. I don't know if I would have been able to be as empathetic toward their situation if I hadn't previously been introduced to this book.