A Part of the Ribbon by Ruth S. Hunter
Two martial arts students time travel through Korean history to learn about the origins of their athletic arts. (Young adult)
All Book Reviews
My Freedom Trip: A Child’s Escape from North Korea by Frances and Ginger Park
After the Korean War, a child is sent to South Korea by her mother who hopes to provide her a better life than in the North.
Chi-Hoon: A Korean Girl by Patricia I. McMahon
Photographic essay and narrative of a girl’s daily life in Seoul.
House of the Winds by Mia Yun
Coming-of-age novel in 1960s and 70s postwar Korea, explores mother-daughter relationships of three generations.
Aekyung’s Dream by Min Paek
A small story of a girl who wakes up in America wondering what language the birds are singing in.
Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History by Bruce Cumings
A “modern” history, most of the focus is on the 19th and 20th centuries, and the early section highlights important features of the peninsula’s changes.
Where There Is No Path: Lee Tai-Young, Her Story by Sonia Reid Strawn
This biography covers the life of a woman born during the Japanese Occupation, in 1914, and follows her Christian journey and groundbreaking experiences.
Ten Thousand Sorrows by Elizabeth Kim
A Korean adoptee’s memoir of a horrific childhood and her struggle for identity and belonging.
The Yalu Flows by Mirok Lee
A 1900-1920s memoir of changing politics’ effect on the village life of a privileged only boy.
One Thousand Chestnut Trees by Mira Stout
A “mixed breed” artist in NYC finds her roots during a visit home to Korea.
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