Keat, Nawuth, 1964-

Alive in the killing fields : surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide / by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009. - 127 p. [4] p. of plates : col. ill., col. map ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"You're lucky" -- From student to slave -- The jungle -- Jail without walls -- Hunger -- Survival -- Crossfire -- Escaping the Khmer Rouge -- In the city -- Walking -- Waiting -- Flight to freedom.

The gripping story of a young boy who survived the atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and escaped to the United States.

ISBN: 9781426305153 142630515X 9781426305160 1426305168 (library binding : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008039805

Subjects--Personal Names:
Keat, Nawuth, 1964-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political refugees--Cambodia--Biography.
Political refugees--United States--Biography.
Political atrocities--Cambodia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cambodia--Politics and government--1975-1979.

LC Class. No.: DS554.83.K43 / A3 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 959.604/2 B