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Black Boy White School

by Brian F. Walker

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Jorge said: " In the book Black Boy White School, is a book about a black male student that lives in the neighborhoods of Cleveland and experiences many tragic obstacle, which is death of friends.
As the main character Anthony, He was growing and studying in Cleve ...more "

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When My Name Was Keoko

by Linda Sue Park

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The novel, When My Name Was Keoko takes place in Korea, 1940. And this it was a time when the Japanese took over Korea and making Koreans to act and become like a Japanese, also forcing Koreans to follow the Japanese cultures by making every single
The novel, When My Name Was Keoko takes place in Korea, 1940. And this it was a time when the Japanese took over Korea and making Koreans to act and become like a Japanese, also forcing Koreans to follow the Japanese cultures by making every single Korean change their names to a Japanese name. The japanese also made people cut all the national trees of korea, the Sharon tree. Keoko experienced many moments in which trouble follows her. For example, her observing the japanese mistreat her people, The japanese breaking into her house and speaking in a horrible way in which a little kid shouldn't her. Her witnessing her family member being abused by a Japanese only cause they dont want to get rid of their Korean culture.
The protagonist, Keoko, is a girl who has to witness and go through many situations which is the Japanese taking over Korea. Keoko’s real name is Sun-Hee, but since the Japanese forced any Korean to change their name to Japanese, she changed it to Keoko. Keoko is the sister of the kid named Tae-Yul, and the daughter of Abuji and Omani. Abuji is a father that isn't showing a good example as he should be to his children. Abuji also witnessed the Japanese take over Korea and also witnessed the Japanese abuse the Koreans. The Uncle has experienced many situations in which he was beaten up and taken to jail because he didn't want to forget and leave the Korean Culture.
The secondary Protagonist, Tae-Yul, is a boy who has also witnessed and went through many situations that included the Japanese taking over. His japanese name is opah, and his korean name is Tae-Yul. Tae-Yul is a kid who is inspired by the art of engineering and becoming a pilot, which his dream is to fly a plane.
Ever since Tae-Yul has heard about the Japanese war, he wanted to enter as a volunteer to help out his family and to also change the perspective of the Japanese towards the Korean “Cowards”. As Tae-Yul was training as diligent as he can in the Empire of Japan, he was chosen to have an opportunity to become one of the pilots that would help attack the United States. Until sooner or later he found out that he was going to be one of the suicide planes and attempt to obliterate any ship. And he really started to think about the action he was going to perform. He couldn’t stop thinking about his family which also lead him to nervosity. But he also had the courage to fight only because he remembers that he would still be in honor of the Koreans and prove all the Japanese people wrong. ...more "

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