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the year of impossible goodbyes
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 1,471 Ratings and 245 Reviews

Book Description
It is 1945, and courageous ten-year-old Sookan and her family must endure the cruelties of the Japanese military occupying Korea.� � Police captain Narita does his best to destroy everything of value to the family, but he cannot break their spirit.� � Sookan's father is with the resistance movement in Manchuria and her older brothers have been sent away to labor camps.� � Her mother is forced to s... More
Book Information
PublisherDell Yearling Books For Young Readers
BindingPaperback (12 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100440900247
ISBN-13978-0440900245
Publication Date/1991
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About Sook Nyul Choi (Author) : Sook Nyul Choi is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Sook Nyul Choi include Echoes of the White Giraffe, Gathering of Pearls, The best older... more
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