Patricia McCormick 
Never Fall Down 

Eleven-year-old Arn is walking through the countryside in Cambodia. His whole town is walking with him. They re walking into one of the most tragic moments of history: the Killing Fields.Music will save him. Hope, luck and kindness will save him. This is his story.Based on the true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, this is an achingly raw and powerful novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace.