What Is Never Fall Down About?
'Never Fall Down': Surviving the Killing Fields the Killing Fields the Killing Fields (Khmer: វាលពិឃាត, Khmer Pronunciation: [Ʋiəl Pikʰiət]) Are a Number of...
'Never Fall Down': Surviving
What is the plot of Never Fall Down?
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick that tells the story of Arn, a young Cambodian boy who finds himself caught between two warring factions, changing his life forever. Arn is only eleven when the Khmer Rouge first came through his village of Battambang in 1975.
How old is Arn in Never Fall Down?
Arn, the narrator, is an 11-year-old boy when the Khmer Rouge come to his village, where he grew up singing rock 'n' roll and eating ice cream. He's sent to a labor camp where other children all around him disappear in the killing fields, as they come to be called. There is just no nice way to describe a genocide.