- Patriotism, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Linda Sue Park
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 204
- Publisher
- Shinchōsha, Dell Yearling, Yearling
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Korean, English, Japanese
- ISBN
- 9780702251269
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