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Dara

This is the novel's central character, its protagonist and narrator. She is twelve years old as the story begins, a young Cambodian girl from a farming village.

Sarun

This is Dara's older brother.

Mother

This is a quiet and sensitive woman.

Nea

This is a beautiful young woman in her teens who befriends Dara and her family in the Nung Chan refugee camp..

Jantu

This is Nea's younger cousin who is about the same age as Dara.

Grandpa Kem

This is the elderly man who is grandfather to both Nea and Jantu.

Baby

This is Jantu's younger brother and her primary responsibility in her family.

Chnay

This is a teenaged orphan who is something of a bully and is first encountered by Dara and her family in the refugee camp.

Duoic

This is a boy Jantu makes friends with when caring for her baby brother in the...

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