'There, shimmering in the doorway, was my sister, Teeda . . . She looked poised to dance . . . Desperately I stepped towards her and reached out - but she was gone. I blinked, and Teeda had melted into stone.'
When twelve-year-old Nakri's beloved home is taken over by rebels, her family is shattered. She and her siblings are torn from their parents and forced to work in a labor camp. After years of struggle and loss, Cambodia is liberated and Nakri's family begins anew in America.
There, Nakri must come to terms with a world devastated by upheavals beyond her control. While she can leave Cambodia behind, the memories will be a part of her forever.
