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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 »
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ISBN-13: 9780440419440
ISBN-10: 0440419441
Publication Date: 1/2004
Pages: 208
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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althea avatar reviewed When My Name Was Keoko on + 774 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
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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Helpful Score: 1
Excellent young adult historical fiction about a young girl who lives in Korea during the time of Japanese occupation.
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gotbks2 avatar reviewed When My Name Was Keoko on + 29 more book reviews
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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