A kids' book. It's definitely aimed at a young age group, but she's a Newbery Medal-winning author, and the topic was one that I found interesting, so I thought it'd be worth reading.
It's a fictionalized-but-mostly-true story of what it was like for a young girl to live in Japanese-occupied Korea during WWII. I was interested, as I live in a neighborhood where many Koreans 'pretend' to be Japanese, so some background on the political situation that led to this odd situation was illuminating - even from a kids' perspective!

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Excellent young adult historical fiction about a young girl who lives in Korea during the time of Japanese occupation.

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Great fictionalized story about a Korean family living in 1940's Korea under Japanese rule. The author inserts people and facts from her own background and history and tells the story from the viewpoints of a young girl and her brother. I've read a lot of books set during WW2, most of which are set in Europe and focus on the Jews and the holocaust. It was interesting to learn what was happening in a different part of the world and how the Koreans were affected during the war.

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My daughter read and liked this book.

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