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Echoes of the White Giraffe

by Sook Nyul Choi · 1993

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Fifteen-year-old Sookan adjusts to life in the refugee village in Pusan but continues to hope that the civil war will end and her family will be reunited in Seoul.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisKoreaKoreaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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