When My Name Was Keoko
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780440419440 (0440419441)
ASIN: 9780440419440
Publish date: 13-01-2004
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
History,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
War,
Asia,
World War II,
Japan,
Fiction,
Historical
A good book, I really liked how it was written, and the perspective it took.
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 du...