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My Name Is Yoon

My Name Is Yoon

by Helen Recorvits

Book Details

Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 2014
Language: en
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781250057112
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 4+

Confidence: 80%

Content Intensity

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๐Ÿ’ฅViolenceNone
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โค๏ธLove & RomanceNone
2
๐Ÿง Mental HealthLow
0
๐Ÿ’ฌ!*$#LanguageNone
0
๐Ÿท๐ŸšฌSubstance UseNone
1
๐Ÿ˜จFear / HorrorVery low

Story Themes

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๐Ÿง™Fantasy / SupernaturalBrief mention
0
๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆLGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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๐Ÿš€Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
โ™ฟDisability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

<p><b>Getting to feel at home in a new country</b></p><p>Yoon's name means "shining wisdom," and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different namesโ€”maybe CAT or BIRD. Maybe CUPCAKE!</p><p>Helen Recorvits's spare and inspiring story about a little girl finding her place in a new country is given luminous pictures filled with surprising vistas and dreamscapes by Gabi Swiatkowska.</p><p><i>My Name Is Yoon</i> is a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year.</p>

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionSocial ThemesEmigration & ImmigrationPeople & PlacesUnited StatesAsian AmericanSchool & Education
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