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Brother's keeper

Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.

Main Author: Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2020]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Families > Korea > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Korea > Juvenile fiction.
Korea (North) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.
Physical Description: 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN: 9780823444946
0823444945
Author Notes: Julie Lee, a marketer-turned-writer, lives in an Atlanta suburb with her three children and her husband. A first-generation American, her mother escaped North Korea during the Korean War and later immigrated to the United States. Her debut, Brother's Keeper, which was based on her mother's experiences, received the Freeman Book Award and was named a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist. Julie studied history at Cornell before working in advertising in Manhattan, eventually relocating to the South.

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