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When My Name Was Keoko
When My Name Was Keoko
Author: 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 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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780440419440
ISBN-10: 0440419441
Publication Date: 1/2004
Pages: 208
Reading Level: Young Adult
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4.3 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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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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My daughter read and liked this book.


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