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Reviewer: Josh S. '12

When My Name Was Keoko is a good book. This book is about a painful chapter in Korean history during 1940. It is about a Korean family. The Kims have to survive in spite of Japanese discrimination during World War II. The young girl in the family, Sun-hee, is ignorant and doesn't really understand everything that the Japanese do. Her brother, Tae-yul, does. Tae-yul joins the Japanese army and becomes a kamikaze pilot in order to show the strength of the Korean people. The rest of the family has to stay home and fight for their equality. I really enjoyed this book even though it was very sad.

Spring 2005