| Year of Impossible Goodbyes |
| #1 |
While based on many historical facts, this book for teens written by Sook Nyul Choi is technically classified as this. |
Fiction |
| #2 |
In 1945, ten-year-old Sookan endures the cruelties of this country's military occupying Korea. |
Japan |
| #3 |
In the story, Sookan's older brothers have been sent to work in labor camps, but her father is working with the resistance movement in this region. |
Manchuria |
| #4 |
When World War II is finally over, Sookan and her family pull out the colorful Korean silks they have hidden and celebrate by eating this traditional food, which was often scarce during the occupation. |
White rice |
| #5 |
The post-colonization celebration is short-lived as Sookan and her family face threats from this country and are forced to flee to American-controlled South Korea. |
Communist Russia |
| Lost Names |
| #1 |
Author Richard E. Kim describes seven vivid scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation during WWII, making this story an . . . |
autobiography |
| #2 |
The title of this book comes from the fact that on February 11, 1940 the occupiers forced all Koreans to renounce these and adopt Japanese ones instead. |
Their own names |
| #3 |
The author relates a story of how one day the children were ordered by the Japanese teachers to go around town and collect all of these, gifts that had previously been given to the Korean kids by the Japanese to celebrate their conquest of Malaysia and Singapore. |
Rubber balls |
| #4 |
In this story, the author attempts to describe this philosophy of "the ideas and emotions and everything that goes with a certain perception and understanding of humanity's misfortunes and tragedies," which is also the name of a famous river running through Seoul. |
Han |
| #5 |
This story also describes the challenges facing this group of Koreans who lived (and live) in Japan. |
Zainichi |
| When My Name Was Keoko |
| #1 |
This story was written by Linda Sue Park, who famously authored this other Korean tale of a potter and his apprentice. |
A Single Shard |
| #2 |
This book is written from the perspective of two children growing up during Japanese occupation, Tae-yul and his younger sister, known by this name in Korean. |
Sun-hee |
| #3 |
Because of a friendship with classmate, Tomo, Sun-hee develops an interest in learning this Japanese writing system. |
kanji |
| #4 |
Throughout the story, this relative of Tae-Yul and Sun-hee is involved with writing and publishing a newspaper for the resistance movement. |
Their uncle |
| #5 |
Although the story is fictional, there are several historical references, including the story of Sohn Kee Chung who won the 1936 Olympic Gold Medal (as part of the Japanese delegation) for Korea in this event. |
The Marathon |
| Potpourri |
| #1 |
"Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth" is a children's book that tells the story of this traditional Korean artform created by sewing together pieces of colorful silk. |
bojagi |
| #2 |
Winner of the 2021 Newbery Award, this story by Tae Keller tells the tale of a young girl and this creature from Korean folklore that shows up looking for something that was stolen. |
a tiger |
| #3 |
The most common beings in Korean foltales are the Dokkaebi (도깨비), which are considered Korean versions of these creatures. |
goblins |
| #4 |
Many Korean folktales are steeped in Buddhism and the philosophy of this Chinese teacher. |
Confucius |
| #5 |
Often looking to make itself unique among its East Asian neighbors, the Korean word hyangga means "native songs," or writing and poetry that are different from this geographic giant and neighbor to the west. |
China |
