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Title: Seesaw Girl by Jean Tseng, Mou-Sien Tseng, Linda Sue Park ISBN: 0-440-41672-8 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 13 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bittersweet
Comment: This is a great book on many different levels. It painted a very clear picture of this era of Korea without reading like a history text or guidebook. Young children could easily follow it. It also used the characters in an organic manner speaking clear language and in simple situations to show the social dilemnas and contradictions Korean women- and many other women- had to live with.
The book is bittersweet because you are left with the impression that while the main character's abilities and awareness were growing, her possibilities would never again be as great. She was truly maturing in the sense that she was aware of how small her universe had to be.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Just for Social Studies
Comment: An exquisitely written book. Jade Blossom is feisty enough for modern readers while still remaining true to her own time and culture.
Linda Sue Park does a wonderful job of integrating little bits of 17th century Korea into the story unobtrusively, often using it to show Jade Blossom's personality. For example, there is a very brief section where the women of the household are doing the laundry, taking out seams and hems to be able to more thoroughly clean the cloth and then beating the clothes with round sticks to get out the wrinkles. Jade Blossom observes: "Wearing clean clothes daily was a luxury only the wealthy could afford. Jade's mother and aunts saw to it that the members of the Han family were always clothed in a manner worthy of their place in society. There were times like today, as she bent for hours over the sticks, when Jade thought a lower place in society and a little less laundry would not be such a bad thing."
Jade and her family are likeable and interesting characters. And the beautiful illustrations by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng add to the enjoyment of the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A gentle story of a girl pushing her boundaries.
Comment: Jade is a very likeable character. The book starts with her and Willow playing a prank on her brother. Through Jade's perceptions we see her narrow world, and cheer as she breaks free, even for a little while, to the outer market. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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Title: The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park ISBN: 0440418135 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park ISBN: 0618133356 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 18 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park ISBN: 0440418518 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Count Your Way Through Korea by Jim Haskins, Dennis Hockerman ISBN: 0876145160 Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Pub. Date: March, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Halmoni and the Picnic by Karen Dugan, Sook-Nyul Choi ISBN: 0395616263 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 27 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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