So Far From the Bamboo Grove
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 12, 2008
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- Who it’s for
- A young girl's flight through wartime upheaval brings history close to the lives caught inside it.
- Themes
- Wartime displacement, Courage and survival, Kindness amid suffering
- Genres
- Wars & Military History, Historical Asia, Immigration & Moving
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In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows. Their journey is terrifying—and remarkable.
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It's a true story of courage and survival that highlights the plight of individual people in wartime. In the midst of suffering, acts of kindness, as exemplified by a family of Koreans who risk their own lives to help Yoko's brother, are inspiring reminders of the strength and resilience of the human spirit.
History at Human Scale
A young girl's flight through wartime upheaval brings history close to the lives caught inside it.
Come here for
- A wartime survival story centered on a young person's perilous flight
- A personal view of occupation's human cost
Expect
- A harrowing true account, with kindness threaded through suffering
- A focus on individual lives amid sweeping historical change
Where it sits
| Historical Asia | 53% |
|---|---|
| Wars & Military History | 48% |
| Immigration & Moving | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Survival Stories
- Asian Biographies
- Historical Asia
- Wars & Military History
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- School Stories
- Friendship
- Homelessness & Poverty
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Yoko Kawashima Watkins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 12, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Wartime displacement · Courage and survival · Kindness amid suffering
- Reading lane
- Survival Stories