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Evacuation and the Seven Day Walk
The Khmer Rouge arrive in Phenom Pehn and everybody is forced to evacuate. Loung Ung and her family leaves their home with only a few of their belongings. -
Arriving in Krang Truop
The Ung family ends their walk in Krang Truop. -
Ro Leap
The family decides to move to Ro Leap in order to get away from anyone who might give away their identity. They are forced to work long hours with very little food. -
Teenage Labor Camp
Loung's older siblings are sent to a teenage labor camp. -
Keav's Death
Keav, Loung's older sister, dies of food poisoning in a infirmary. -
Parting with Pa
Soldiers come and tell Pa they need his help. Pa never returns. -
Separation
Loung and her siblings must part and go their own ways. They pretend that they are orphans and get into labor camps in order to protect themselves from the soldiers. -
Ma and Geak
Loung goes back to Ro Leap to check up in Ma and Geak. As she somehow expected, they are not there. She is able to hear from neighbors that they were taken away by the Khmer Rouge soldiers. -
America
With the little money they saved up, they decide to send Loung to America. She waits in Vietnam until she hears of a place she can move to. Loung is free.
