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When My Name Was Keoko | |||
When My Name Was Keoko |
Sun-hee and her older brother, Tae-yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. Their own language, their flag, the folktales Uncle tells them—even their names—are all part of the Korean culture that is now forbidden. When World War II comes to Korea, Sun-hee is surprised that the Japanese expect their Korean subjects to fight on their side. But the greatest shock of all comes when Tae-yul enlists in the Japanese army in an attempt to protect Uncle, who is suspected of aiding the Korean resistance. Sun-hee stays behind, entrusted with the life-and-death secrets of a family at war.
媒体推荐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 accessible to Western readers. —VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
The drama is in the facts about the war, and Park does a fine job of showing how the politics of the occupation and resistance affect ordinary people. —Booklist, ALA
What is outstanding is the insight Park gives into the complex minds of these young people. Each of them reacts to the events in different ways—Sun-hee takes refuge in writing while Tae-yul throws his energies into physical work. . . . This beautifully crafted and moving novel joins a small but growing body of literature[.] —School Library Journal, Starred
"Vivid…historical details heighten realism. The final scene shines with hope….a beautifully crafted story that delights as it informs." —Riverbank Review
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 accessible to Western readers.
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
The drama is in the facts about the war, and Park does a fine job of showing how the politics of the occupation and resistance affect ordinary people.
Booklist, ALA
What is outstanding is the insight Park gives into the complex minds of these young people. Each of them reacts to the events in different ways—Sun-hee takes refuge in writing while Tae-yul throws his energies into physical work. . . . This beautifully crafted and moving novel joins a small but growing body of literature[.] School Library Journal, Starred
"Vivid…historical details heighten realism. The final scene shines with hope….a beautifully crafted story that delights as it informs." Riverbank Review
网友对When My Name Was Keoko的评论
很好,很满意。已推荐学生们使用。
还不错,达到老师要求,也没大家说的那么贵。
I'd recommend this for somewhat older readers than most of Linda Sue Park's other juvenile novels. The Japanese are enemies of Korea in WWII, overlords and polite pillagers of the people, and the interactions of an intimate yet traditional Korean family with the Japanese soldiers and civilians can fuel anger and resentment toward "Japan," even these many years later. On the other hand, it did an excellent job of showing me why some of my Korean students have background animosity towards some of my Japanese students. I read six of Linda Sue Park's YA novels this summer. They were excellent stories and taught me much. I appreciated When My Mame Was Keoko as among my favorites.
The story in the novel is good, following two young Korean children during the time of the Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation of the peninsula. The innonence in their voices, when describing events that you know what they amount to, but are fully out of reach from their almost pure minds, is shivering and at times haunting. It is a "don't forget" testimony to the horrors of war, but still a more positive perspective than one that can be gathered from those who knew nothing but suffering, or even those who even didn't make it. The only reason for not giving it 5 stars, as stated in the title, is that I found the novel quite short, and I wish more details, something that would give us a better understanding of the characters, was given, in essence, to make the story deeper. There is nothing wrong with this, of course, and that's just my opinion, so I'd still recommend it to anyone interested in Korea, WW 2, or a children's tale of endurance during hard times.
Though I was never interested in Korea, I decided to purchase this book out of curiosity. I was born in Korea and actually attended Korean school for years, yet I lost all interest in things of Korea except it's food.
Ms Park's "When My Name Was Keoko" has strongly awaken my interest in Korea somewhat.
I have to say , I had hard time putting this book down and stayed up until wee hour of the morning to finish it. I heartily recommend it!!!
I purchased the book for my grandchildren but read it first so we could discuss it after they had read it. I think they will enjoy the story; it is easy to read and is told in both the sister and brother's voices in each chapter. It provides a good, easy to understand, if limited, idea of Korea prior to and during WWII. Courage is portrayed in different ways by all the characters and will provide many opportunities to discuss with your young reader the meaning of courage, family unity, obligations to family and community and how easy it is to misunderstand someone and their intentions if we rely only on our assumption of them.
When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park was an enlightening journey to understanding the vulnerabilities of the Koreans during the struggle of power and peace during 1935-1945.
I am so glad I read this book....now I will spend time digesting then sharing this book with others.
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