When My Name Was Keoko

2013-04 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Linda Sue Park
Release : 2013-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 267/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book When My Name Was Keoko written by Linda Sue Park. This book was released on 2013-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming tale of courage, resilience and hope from master storyteller and winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal, Linda Sue Park. When her name was Keoko, Japan owned Korea, and Japanese soldiers ordered people around, telling them what they could do or say, even what sort of flowers they could grow. When her name was Keoko, World War II came to Korea, and her friends and relatives had to work and fight for Japan. When her name was Keoko, she never forgot her name was actually Kim Sun-hee. And no matter what she was called, she was Korean. Not Japanese. Inspired by true-life events, this amazing story reveals what happens when your culture, country and identity are threatened.

When My Name Was Keoko

2002-03-18 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Linda Sue Park
Release : 2002-03-18
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 098/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book When My Name Was Keoko written by Linda Sue Park. This book was released on 2002-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This powerful and riveting tale of one close-knit, proud Korean family movingly addresses life-and-death issues of courage and collaboration, injustice, and death-defying determination in the face of totalitarian oppression." (Kirkus starred review) Sun-hee and her older brother, Tae-yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. Their own language, their flag, the folktales Uncle tells them—even their names—are all part of the Korean culture that is now forbidden. When World War II comes to Korea, Sun-hee is surprised that the Japanese expect their Korean subjects to fight on their side. But the greatest shock of all comes when Tae-yul enlists in the Japanese army in an attempt to protect Uncle, who is suspected of aiding the Korean resistance. Sun-hee stays behind, entrusted with the life-and-death secrets of a family at war. This moving historical novel is from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park, whose beloved middle grade books include A Single Shard and A Long Walk to Water.

When My Name Was Keoko

2013-04 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Linda Sue Park
Release : 2013-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 259/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis When My Name Was Keoko by : Linda Sue Park

Download or read book When My Name Was Keoko written by Linda Sue Park. This book was released on 2013-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her name was Keoko, Japan owned Korea, and Japanese soldiers ordered people around, telling them what they could do or say, even what sort of flowers they could grow. When her name was Keoko, World War II came to Korea, and her friends and relatives had to work and fight for Japan. When her name was Keoko, she never forgot her name was actually Kim Sun-hee. And no matter what she was called, she was Korean-- not Japanese. Inspired by true-life events, this heartwarming tale of courage, resilience, and hope reveals what happens when culture, country, and identity are threatened.

Seesaw Girl

1999 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Linda Sue Park
Release : 1999
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 147/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Seesaw Girl written by Linda Sue Park. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in Korea during the seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world.

The Kite Fighters

2010-06-07 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Linda Sue Park
Release : 2010-06-07
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 085/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Kite Fighters written by Linda Sue Park. This book was released on 2010-06-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of two brothers in fifteenth-century Korea from theNewbery Medal winner and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water. In this riveting novel, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites. Kee-sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young-sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself. It’s like the kite is part of him—the part that wants to fly. Their combined skills attract the notice of Korea’s young king, who chooses Young-sup to fly the royal kite in the New Year kite-flying competition—an honor that is also an awesome responsibility. Although tradition decrees, and the boys’ father insists, that the older brother represent the family, both brothers know that this time the family’s honor is best left in Young-sup’s hands. But how do you stand up to the way things have always been? This touching and suspenseful historical novel from the author of A Single Shard, filled with the authentic detail and flavor of traditional Korean kite fighting, brings a remarkable setting vividly to life. “The final contest . . . is riveting. Though the story is set in medieval times, the brothers have many of the same issues facing siblings today.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Readers will enjoy watching these engaging characters find ways of overcoming webs of social and cultural constraints to achieve a common goal, and the author expresses the pleasures of creating and flying kites—‘A few sticks, a little paper, some string. And the wind. Kite magic’—with contagious enthusiasm.” —Kirkus Reviews

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