Review

__Review By Hayley__
 Sundara is a thirteen year old Khmer who is forced to move to Oregon with her aunt and uncle when the communists invade Cambodia. Three years later she meets a boy named Jonothan who has a crush on her. Because of her customs, Sundara is not allowed to date Jonothan. Her gaurdians are supposed to choose a match for her. She runs in to some problems though, Jonothan is the adorable football star who just so happens to be the most popular boy in school and every girl dreams of dating him. He also deliberatly chose to do a project on Cambodia so that he could spend more time with her, for his project he chose to interview Sundara. Forced to say yes, she begins to eat lunch with him.Unfortunatelly, Sundara begins to see the softer and more sensitive side of Jonothan and starts to fall for him. This is an alright book that battles the problems that most teenagers battle but in a "higher power" world. It helps you see that even if your parents don't believe that the choice you are making is the best, if it's what your heart says, then it's right. = =   =__ Review by Sotheara __ =

Children of the River is about a girl named Sundara who has to come to America because of the war in Cambodia. She’s struggling to obey the Cambodian traditions and her aunt while adjusting to be a regular American teenager, especially when she meets Jonathan. He falls heads over heals for her, but they can’t be together because of Cambodian traditions. The book was pretty good, except for the ending. The ending was confusing. There were so many unanswered questions. The ending could’ve been a lot stronger. Overall, I would give the book 2.5 out of 5 stars .

 __Review By Karmann__ Children of The River is about a Cambodian girl who come to America due to the war in Cambodia. She comes to America to live with her aunt and her family because her mother, father, and siblings were left in Cambodia. While in America she meets an American boy named Jonathan. They fall for each other imdeliently. She disobeys her family and culture when she talks to Jonathan. To make things worse her family finds out that she has been talking to him.I think this is an ok book, at first I thought there were to many characters but it eventually evens out during the book. It was hard to tell what was going to happen .I think it was confusing at parts,I would give this book 3 out of 5 stars.  <span style="COLOR: rgb(24,9,225)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(60,226,71)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(60,226,71)">

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(2,255,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(60,226,71)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(60,226,61)">Children of the River is about a young Cambodian girl named Sundara, 4 years ago she had to flee her home country because of the war that was going on she had to leave her mother and father <span style="COLOR: rgb(102,249,133)">. When she gets to America she meets a boy named Jonathan. Jonathan and Sundara start to become friends and as time goes on they start to become more. The only problem was that Sundaras family and tradition forbid her to "hang out with boys." Read the book to see what happens. Overall the book took along time to get to the big picture. I would give this book 2 out 5 stars, the reason for this is that I liked the concept I just wish it would have gotten to the climax faster and It was a bit predictible.

<span style="COLOR: #f65555; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> __Review By Angela__ Children of the River is about a (now in high school) girl named Sundara who had to leave Cambodia and move to America because of a horrible war in her country. She comes to America with her Aunt and her family because Sundara's family wanted to keep her safe so theysent her to her aunts. During this book she tries to fit into her school while still trying to stick to her old custumes. When in school she meets this boy Jonathan who falls in love with her. She faces many challenges in this book like tryng to keep her meetings with Joathan secret, and more! This book was good. It wasn't the best book I've ever read. My favorite part was when she tryed to say to Jonathan that she couldn't see him any more. I knew that she couldn't do that because he loves her and she loves him and they both knew it. If she wouldn't speak to Jonathan again then what would the rest of the book be about? I would encourage people to read this book. I think that this book is for ages of 11-18. Read this book!!!

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