Shelf Life

After reading the novel Children of the River by Linda Crew i found myself rapped in her story. Taking place during the attacks in Cambodian a young girl named Sundara and her relatives escape capture and flee to America. Here pressured by her family to focus only on school and work she finds herself losing that focus to the most popular boy in school, who seems to be highly interested in her. But that’s only one of her problems as Sundara waits for news about her parents and siblings she left behind as everyone around her is receiving either bad or good news, while all the time being haunted by an incident that happened to her on the journey to a new life. How will Sundara balance her new life all while falling in a love with someone she shouldn’t even talk to? Will she ever see her family again or will she continue to wonder if they’re alive? The only way to find out is to read it, which I most definitely recommend you do. Have Fun!

By Kimberly Machado