Text-to-Self: This story reminded me a lot of when I went to college for my undergraduate degree and there was a large group of Hmong students from Minnesota who also came to attend our small liberal arts college. He did like this story and I think that’s why. Yesterday, he did come home and say that he made a new friend. I think he understood this book and it resonated with him. He has had a hard time making friends and he isn’t used to that. Unhei does find some friends and she does start to fit in at school.Īctually, the nephew switched schools this year to be in the same one as his sister.
If people ever see Asian art, that little red circle is a signature. The name stamp is brought up in here, which is very beautiful. Funny, no one thought to try calling her Grace.
So, the students put names into a jar so she can pick a new name, but through the process she decides to keep her name which means grace. Unhei is different, but not that different. The teacher asks her name and she says she does not know. On the bus to school boys tease her when they can’t pronounce her name and she is embarrassed. This book is about a Korean family that moves to the US and this little girl is trying to figure out her name. The first book she illustrated, Nim and the War Effort by Milly Lee, was an ALA Notable Book and an IRA–CBC Children’s Book Award Winner.It must be so difficult to grow up in a culture not your own. She has written and illustrated several books for young readers, including The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy and Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong by Frances Park and Ginger Park.
Encouraged by her new friends, Unhei chooses her own Korean name and helps everyone pronounce it- Yoon-Hey. On the day of her name choosing, the name jar has mysteriously disappeared. But while Unhei practices being a Suzy, Laura, or Amanda, one of her classmates comes to her neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special meaning. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Synopsis: The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she?īeing the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her.
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