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03 Mar / Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

Year of Impossible GoodbyesTen-year-old Sookan witnesses first-hand the cruel Japanese occupation of her Korean homeland. But the eventual defeat of the Japanese military is followed by only a brief respite, before the Korean War tears the country apart. Sookan and her family realize they must escape from Pyongyang to Seoul if they are ever to be free.

Although a work of fiction, this novel offers a reasonably historical accurate depiction of the Japanese occupation and war experiences of Koreans. Sookan’s story continues in Choi’s 1993 sequel, Echoes of the White Giraffe.

Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997

Readers: Middle Grade, Young Adult

Published: 1990

By Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers Tags > BookDragon, Civil rights, Colonialism, Coming-of-age, Cultural exploration, Family, Historical, Politics, Sook Nyul Choi, War, What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Year of Impossible Goodbyes
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