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When My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue Park
Paperback Published: 2004-01 208 pages Amazon Sales Rank: 70032 List Price: $6.50 Lowest New Price: $2.93 (28 available) Lowest Used price: $2.58 (21 available)
Inspired by her own family's stories of living in South Korea during the Japanese occupation in the years preceding World War II, Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park chronicles the compelling story of two siblings, 10-year-old Sun-hee and 13-year-old Tae-yul, and their battle to maintain their identity and dignity during one of Korea's most difficult and turbulent times. In alternating first-person chapters, they relate their family's troubles under the strict fascist regime. The Kim family is stripped of their cultural symbols, only permitted to learn Japanese history and language, and forced to convert their names to Japanese. Sun-hee, now Keoko, struggles to reconcile her Korean home life with her Japanese school and friends, while Tae-yul, now Nobuo, attempts to convert his growing anger into a more positive passion for flight and airplanes. Both are worried for their uncle, whom they discover is printing an underground Korean resistance paper. When Sun-hee inadvertently puts her uncle's life in danger, she sets in motion a chain of events that results in her brother volunteering as a pilot for the Japanese near the end of WWII. While Sun-hee and her parents wait in breathless uncertainty to hear from Tae-yul, the war rushes to a close, leaving Korea's destiny hanging in the balance. This well-researched historical novel is accompanied by a thoughtful author's note that explains what happened to Korea and families like the Kims after WWII and a bibliography to entice interested young readers into learning more about a topic largely unknown to American audiences. (Ages 10 to 14) --Jennifer Hubert Similar Books
history (5) - this book is essential for kids, they need to know about Asia's war and history, expecially special circumstance in Korea. it is very useful to understand. i was so impressive about there live under Japanese. I love this book.... Great WWI book (5) - This book is a great book. It's not too short and not too long. It is a book all about WWII, the droppings of the bombs and about a family of Koreans living under Japenese order. In the end, it all ends out okay. Linda Sue Park is a great writer and I recommend this book book for all ages from 10 and up. I love this book.... Great WWI book (5) - This book is a great book. It's not too short and not too long. It is a book all about WWI, the droppings of the bombs and about a family of Koreans living under Japenese order. In the end, it all ends out okay. Linda Sue Park is a great writer and I recommend this book book for all ages from 10 and up. When my name was Keoko (4) - "When we chose our new names, I pointed to the letter K. I went around whispering over and over, "Keoko. Kaneyama Keoko. Keoko." I could think about "Kaneyama Keoko" as a name but not as my name." When my name was Keoko makes reading enjoyable for kids eight and above. Linda Sue Park writes When my name was Keoko to help remind us what happened in Korea during WWII. She writes this book in two different points of view, Tae-yul's and Sun-hee's, a brother and sister. This book focuses on a their life in Korea when it was under Japan's occupation. Koreans are forced to do whatever the Japanese tell them to do. Seeing what the Japanese made the Koreans do like study Japanese at school and speak Japanese everywhere except at home made me realize how cruel some people can be. This historical fiction novel is filled with adventure. It is an interesting way to learn about a point in history that not many people know about. Change my name, I don't think so! Great book for adults and teens (5) - This is a beautiful and powerful book that every adolescent girl and boy should read. I especially loved the way Park weaves Keoko's coming-of-age story in a way that honored traditional Korean values. It would have been easy to use the story to disparage those values, an all too common technique these days. But Park resisted that urge and the result is a warm-hearted and endearing story that readers will not soon forget. |