Author: Park, Linda Sue
Citation: Park, Linda Sue. When my name was Keoko, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2013.
Description:
Linda Sue, Korean- American author, tells the story through the perspective of the two children, Sun-hee and her brother, Tae-yul about their hardship in the time of Japanese occupied Korea. The story about the conflict of being forced to adopt the Japanese culture which is why Sun-hee became Keoko. The struggle to remain of the national identity and history, and the idea of the difference between people of Korea and Japan. The underground anti-Japanese movement was secretly spread out through Korean communities while some of the young people joined a Japanese kamikaze because the wanted to protect their family from the polices.
More information:
Publisher weekly, March, 2002 (BIP)
School Library Journal, April, 2002 (BIP)
Awards:
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Nominee for Older Children (2003), Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2005), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2004)
Formats: printbook, ebook, large print, audiobook
Languages: English
