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41) Jin Woo
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Davey is dubious about having a new adopted brother from Korea, but when he finds out that his parents still love him, he decides that having a baby brother will be fine.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Melody always wanted to get to know the Korean side of her Korean American heritage better, but not quite like this. Thanks to a tiny transgression after school one day, she’s shocked to discover that her parents have decided to move her and her mom out of New York City to join her father in Seoul—immediately! Barely having the chance to say goodbye to her best friend before she’s on a plane, Melody is resentful, angry, and homesick. But she...
43) The name jar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Yoon, a Korean American, is excited to hear about Santa Claus and Christmas at her school, but her family tells her that such things are not part of their Korean tradition.
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
83 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mindy Kim can't wait to learn how to swim with her best friend, Sally! But during her first swim lesson, Mindy isn't so sure she can keep up. With a little help from Sally and Theodore the Mutt, can Mindy learn how to make a splash?"--Provided by publisher.
46) Halmoni's day
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer, a Korean American, is worried that her grandmother, visiting from Korea, will embarrass her on her school's Grandparents' Day, but the event brings her understanding and acceptance.
47) Dear Juno
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although Juno, a Korean American boy, cannot read the letter he receives from his grandmother in Seoul, he understands what it means from the photograph and dried flower that are enclosed and decides to send a similar letter back to her.
50) My name is Yoon
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.
51) Native speaker
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xl, 183 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart. After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this heartfelt companion to Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, a young trans-racial adoptee learns to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, discovering these differences are part of her and what makes her beautiful.
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
256 pages
Language
English
Description
"For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation-following her mother's announcement that she's getting married-Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Inspired by real events, told through alternating timelines and two intimate perspectives, this hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story, capturing a shameful period of South Korean history, explores the legacy of violence and the psychology of power, while highlighting extraordinary acts of devotion and friendship that can arise in the darkness.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A debut novel grappling with contested American identity, masculinity, and deportation, told in one of the most memorable adolescent voices in contemporary literature"--
57) Heart and Seoul
Author
Series
Heart and Seoul volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick comes a heart-wrenching yet hopeful romance that shows that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn't need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she's reminded that she doesn't look like anyone else in her family-not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although she really would have liked a jump rope for her birthday, Yoon is happy to receive a Korean picture book and a jade bracelet passed down from her grandmother, and when she wears the bracelet to school it seems as if her wish for a jump rope and a friend is about to come true.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young girl eagerly awaits the arrival of her newly-adopted sister from Korea, while her whole family prepares.
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