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When my name was Keoko

by Linda Sue Park

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With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.

PatriotismJuvenile fictionFamily lifeFictionMilitary occupationCourageUnderground movementsWorld War, 1939-1945Korean language materialsHistoryChildren's fictionFamily life, fiction