When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II
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Year this Award was Won:
2 003
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Award Win Active Date:
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 19:00
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2 810
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When My Name Was Keoko
Winner Description:
by Linda Sue Park. Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, $15.00.
Winner Blurb:
In 1940, when the Japanese rulers of Korea decreed that all Koreans must take Japanese names, Kim Sun-hee's official name changed, but she did not lose her Korean identity or her patriotism which grew as the war came far too close to home, food and clothing became difficult to get, her uncle who had been working for the underground fled, and her brother joined the Japanese army to become a kamikaze pilot.
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When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II
ISBN of the winning item:
0-618-13335-6
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Book
Winner Detail Create Date:
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 09:50
Winner Detail Change Date:
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 09:50
Winner Detail Change ID:
201
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