When My Name Was Keoko

Author(s): Linda Sue Park

Children's Fiction

When her name was Keoko, Japan owned Korea, and Japanese soldiers ordered people around, telling them what they could do or say, even what sort of flowers they could grow. When her name was Keoko, World War II came to Korea, and her friends and relatives had to work and fight for Japan. When her name was Keoko, she never forgot her name was actually Kim Sun-hee. And no matter what she was called, she was Korean. Not Japanese. Inspired by the true-life events, this amazing story reveals what happens when your culture, country and identity are threatened.

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"This powerful and riveting tale of one close-knit, proud Korean family movingly addresses life-and-death issues of courage and collaboration, injustice, and death-defying determination in the face of totalitarian oppression." "Kirkus Reviews" with Pointers "A brother and sister alternate as narrators in Newbery Medalist Park's (A Single Shard) well-contructed novel, which takes place from 1940-1945 in Japanese-occupied Korea. . . .Through the use of shifting narrators, Park subtly points up the differences between male and female roles in Korean society; and the father's process of choosing the family's Japanese name speaks volumes about his strength and intelligence. . . . Readers will come away with an appreciation of this period of history and likely a greater interest in learning more about it." --"Publishers Weekly," Starred "Park is a masterful prose stylist, and her characters are developed beautifully. She excels at making traditional Korean culture acc

Linda Sue Park is the author of A Single Shard, which was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal by the American Library Association in 2002.

General Fields

  • : 9780702249747
  • : University of Queensland Press
  • : University of Queensland Press
  • : 0.228
  • : October 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : Australia
  • : February 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 228
  • : 813.00
  • : en
  • : 313
  • : Paperback
  • : Linda Sue Park