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    <body><![CDATA[This book falls into a category of books to which I have referred several times in the past: enjoyed post-book club.  <br/><br/>When I read it through, my initial reaction what that it was nice; it was a nice story about a girl, her brother, and how her family coped with the war.  It was only afte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38221269">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really gripping read about the Japanese occupation of Korea told from the point of view of a girl named Sun Hee beginning in 1940.  Excellent historical fiction by Linda Sue Park, and I'd argue more accessible (at least for adults) because it's such recent history.  Kitefighters is also ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2142784">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting account of a time and circumstance that was quite unknown to me.  Once again, I was impressed with the power of words throughout the story.  Sunhee was reluctant to change her name and to relinquish the language she loved, but she was also fascinated with kanji and wished to master it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63292173">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had wanted to read A Single Shard but they didn't have it at the library so I decided to read this novel by the author instead.  This book is a fictionalized account of the experiences of the author's parents growing up in Korea during the Japanese occupation.  I was not aware of this part of hist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72048812">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I stumbled upon this book while searching for an historical fiction novel for my nine year old.  He and I read it seperately and both truly enjoyed it.  It is extremely well written from the perspecitve of two korean siblings growing up in Japanese occupied Korea.  The chapters alternate between the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53351054">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[absolutely brilliant!<br/><br/>the story begins in 1940 while korea is under japanese occupation.  narrated by sun-hee, a ten year old girl and her older brother, tae-yul, the story unfolds over several years.  as time advances, so does hardship and suffering under the strict hand of their oppress...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21606133">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. I thought the author did a wonderful job creating 2 distinct writing styles for the main characters. I liked the closeness of Sun-Hee's family and their willingness to help and sacrifice for family members. It was a very informative book on a part of World War 2 that I don't think...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75537099">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[well, all in all this was a really good book. I love how in all of Linda Sue Park's books, I learn all about Korean culture. My only complaint for this book, is that I didn't feel the emotion as well as I would have liked to. In her other book, A Single Shard, I was really attached to the characters...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63040086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Life in Korea during the Japanese occupation during WWII (1940-45). Learn what life is like – school, home, community…learning Japanese instead of Korean, changing to Japanese names, forbidden to hold high positions even when qualified, and how they resisted during the war. The story is told in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66479679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An enthralling look at life in Korea under Japanese occupation.  I had no idea that, before WWII even started, the Koreans were living under harsh Japanese rule.  Everything was taken from them: their language, culture, wealth, status, even their names.  This book moves back and forth between a brot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64175522">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A children's book that I read with my daughter as part of a class project.  Thought it would be boring and wasn't looking forward to it, but turned out I loved it!!  The book is a wonderful history of what it was like growing up as a young girl in Korea when it was controlled by the Japanese during ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71304209">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a thought provoking look at the Japanese occupation of Korea during the second world war through the eyes of a child.  It describes the desperation of the  Japanese as they begin to lose WW II and start tactics such as seizing all metal in every house,  training Kamikaze pilots and even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11683636">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When My Name Was Keoko (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))]]>
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    <![CDATA[Inspired by her own family's stories of living in South Korea during the  Japanese occupation in the years preceding World War II, Newbery Medal-winning  author Linda Sue Park chronicles the compelling story of two siblings,  10-year-old Sun-hee and 13-year-old Tae-yul, and their battle to maintain their  identity and dignity during one of Korea's most difficult and turbulent times.  In alternating first-person chapters, they relate their family's troubles under  the strict fascist regime. The Kim family is stripped of their cultural symbols,  only permitted to learn Japanese history and language, and forced to convert  their names to Japanese. Sun-hee, now Keoko, struggles to reconcile her Korean  home life with her Japanese school and friends, while Tae-yul, now Nobuo,  attempts to convert his growing anger into a more positive passion for flight  and airplanes. Both are worried for their uncle, whom they discover is printing  an underground Korean resistance paper. When Sun-hee inadvertently puts her  uncle's life in danger, she sets in motion a chain of events that results in her  brother volunteering as a pilot for the Japanese near the end of WWII. While  Sun-hee and her parents wait in breathless uncertainty to hear from Tae-yul, the  war rushes to a close, leaving Korea's destiny hanging in the balance. This  well-researched historical novel is accompanied by a thoughtful author's note  that explains what happened to Korea and families like the Kims after WWII and a  bibliography to entice interested young readers into learning more about a topic  largely unknown to American audiences. (Ages 10 to 14) <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[i had to read this book for school, and i did NOT have high hopes for it. i thought it was going to be boring and awful, but from the very first page, it grabbed me. Every day, i looked forward to when I would sit down on the couch and read it for a while. Everyone should read this book. It is AMAZI...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66637143">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book takes place during the Japanese occupation of Korea.  It is told from the point of view of two young teenagers.  <br/><br/>I really liked this book.  It was interesting, educational, and left me wanting to read more about this time period in history.  It was also nice that it was such ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38494223">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book - learned a lot of history from it.  The only thing that bugged me was the constant switching between past and present tense depending on who was narrating (the brother or the sister).  I understand why the author did it, but it was distracting to me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book!  So much more compelling than the last book I've read by this author.  It's hard to imagine what it would be like to be forced to change your name, fight a war for a country you hate, and hope for the day when you and your country can be free again.  I loved the story and the history...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46881367">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My mother grew up in Korea during the same time period.<br/>This book gave me so much insight into her childhood and what my grandmother had to endure during the time Japan occupied Korea.<br/>This book is absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching. ]]></body>
    
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