Clarion Books, 2001
2002 Newbery Medal Honor
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Reading Level: 6.7; Accelerated Reader: 6.6
Clarion, 2004
In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Includes historical notes. Accel. Reader: 3.0
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.
Reading Level: 3.8; Accelerated Reader: 2.3
Name jar, by Yangsook Choi
Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates
help her decide what her name should be.
Reading Level: 4.1
Accelerated Reader: 3.1
Step From Heaven by An Na
Front Street, 2001
A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English
and adjust to life in America.
Reading Level:
Accelerated Reader:
When my name was Keoko, by Linda Sue Park. Clarion Books, 2002
Text mainly in English with some Korean characters. 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. Reading Level: 5.7;
Accelerated Reader: 4.6
A young Korean girl survives the oppressive Japanese and Russian occupation of North Korea during the 1940s, to later escape to freedom in South Korea. Reading Level: 6.3; Accelerated Reader: 5.6
