Sundara Summary

The protagonist (or leading character of the book) is Sundara. Sandara is the girl who fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army. In this book there is no antagonist, but there is more main characters like Pon, Jonathan, Jonathan’s Mother, Grandmother, Mrs.Cathcart, Ravy, Soka, Jonathan’s Father, Cathy, Naro. A setting that I found in the book was on a Saturday morning where Naro, Soka, and Grandma were heading to the Chinese grocery store in Salem. The mood at this setting was very depressed, because at this setting Sundara was sighing a lot, and was disappointed the whole time.
The first important event is when Sundara, Soka, Naro, and her grandma leave Cambodia to go to America. Second event is when Soka’s baby dies. Third, Sundara meets Jonathan. Fourth, Sundara and Jonathan fall for each other. Fifth, Chamroeun dies. Sixth, Sundara meets Cathy. Seventh, Jonathan admits to Sundara that he loves her and not Cathy. Eighth, Jonathan quites the football team. Ninth, Sundara breaks down crying. Tenth, Sundara confesses to Jonathan that she loves him. …show more content…
This theme relates to life because people from Cambodia really do come to the US.
The two characters that I choose are Sundara and Cathy. Sundara is not very popular at school but Cathy is the popular girl at school, Sundara is really nice but Cathy can be very mean. But overall Sundara is a better well rounded person but Cathy is very