Minfong Ho

For years war has touched the Cambodian village where 12-year-old Dara lives. Bombs have gradually destroyed the huts and temples. Recently, soldiers marched into town and burned all the rice seeds. Now with nothing to eat, Dara and her family are walking to the border. They have heard of a refugee camp near Thailand, far away from danger. The camp is even better than Dara expected. She has all the food she wants and makes wonderful new friends. Most...

A father and daughter play hide-and-seek in the midst of the animals near their house in Thailand.

After the Communists take over Cambodia and her family is torn from their city life, twelve-year-old Nakri and her older sister attempt to maintain their hope as well as their classical dancing skills in the midst of their struggle to survive.

After social rebels convince the headman of a small village in northern Thailand to resist the land rent, his seventeen-year-old daughter Jinda finds herself caught up in the student uprising in Bangkok.