Short Hair Detention: Memoir of a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Surviving the Cambodian Genocide - Paperback

by Channy Chhi Laux (Author)

In April 1975, Channy Chhi Laux was a happy thirteen-year-old girl who was excited to start a new school year. But as news reports announced that the Khmer Rouge was getting closer to taking control of Cambodia, Channy and her family were forced to relocate to Poipet, a border town to Thailand. From that point forward, Channy lived a life dictated by fear.