When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (ISBN:0440419441)

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		When My Name Was Keoko
	
				(15 reviews)			
(159 Readers)

			Linda Sue Park		
	
Sun-hee and her older brother Tae-yul are proud of their Korean heritage. Yet they live their lives under Japanese occupation. All students must read...more
 Sun-hee and her older brother Tae-yul are proud of their Korean heritage. Yet they live their lives under Japanese occupation. All students must read and write in Japanese and no one can fly the Korean flag. Hardest of all is when the Japanese Emperor forces all Koreans to take Japanese names. Sun-hee and Tae-yul become Keoko and Nobuo. Korea is torn apart by their Japanese invaders during World War II. Everyone must help with war preparations, but it doesn’t mean they are willing to defend Japan. Tae-yul is about to risk his life to help his family, while Sun-hee stays home guarding life-and-death secrets.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I read this book a couple years ago and I absolutely adored it. It is very eye opening.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A great book about the other side of World War II. There are so many books written about the Holocaust, that sometimes I think we forget that the war affected anyone else. This story highlights oppression in Korea and is a great lesson in propaganda, national pride, family loyalty, and honor. A real eye-opener that is age-appropriate for kids (age 10-14?)

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
With her parents and sources for this book, it rings very true for the time, place and politics of Japanese-occupied Korea.  Told well from the point of view of an child.  The comfort women are hinted at, but are present as well as other forms of grinding down of the normal human relations.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Great insight into Korean life during World War II and to the seldom-told story of their suffering at the hands of the Japanese.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Revealing yet gentle look at the Korean perspective of the long-time Japanese occupation of their country. The Koreans were denied their own culture, even forced to dig up plantings of their national tree, the Rose of Sharon. The story follows a simple family and how they coped, from an uncle working in the resistance movement to a son joining the kamikazes to a girl bound to learn Korean writing...more
 Revealing yet gentle look at the Korean perspective of the long-time Japanese occupation of their country. The Koreans were denied their own culture, even forced to dig up plantings of their national tree, the Rose of Sharon. The story follows a simple family and how they coped, from an uncle working in the resistance movement to a son joining the kamikazes to a girl bound to learn Korean writing on the sly. Good writing and varied subplots plus excellent historical value make this a book well worth reading.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This book takes place in Korea during WWII and the Japanese occupation.  Great for any WWII Unit.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Although only historical fiction, this story tells a chilling and, sadly believable, history of a Korean family during World War II. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is unaware of the atrocities committed against the Koreans by the Japanese during WWII.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Great Book! It is a story of a Korean family during the occupation of Japan during WWII.  The story is told by both the brother and sister in the family.  My kids loved it.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Great Book! Amazing read...quickly becoming one of my favorite authors!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Story set in Korea, told from the perspectives of sister and brother, discusses family experience of Japanese occupation of Korea during WWII.  Highlights how Koreans were forced to give up their cultural identity during Japanese occupation and WWII.

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