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In Children of the River, the protagonist, Sundara, fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, leaving behind her parents, her brother, sister, and the boy she had loved since she was a child. Linda Crew, through Sundara, effectively provides an honest picture of the Cambodian people, their hardships, and their reluctance to change their homeland culture and tradition. The author depicts the struggles of a young immigrant attempting to fit in with her Oregon high school classmates while simultaneously honoring her family's tradition. Sundara wants to be a good Cambodian girl by refusing to date and waiting for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy. However, Sundara is also drawn to Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy. Her miseries and adversities bring the couple closer. Finally, she is able to convince her parents to look beyond the boundaries of culture.

Children of the River centers on the situation that the Cambodians faced in the Vietnam War. It shows that they were real people, with real prejudices. What it also tells, though, is how difficult it is to make the transition to American life and that there are people struggling every day to do that.

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