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Nora Okja Keller (born 22 December 1966, in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American author. Her 1997 breakthrough work of fiction, Comfort Woman, and her second book (2002), Fox Girl, focus on multigenerational trauma resulting from Korean women's experiences as sex slaves, euphemistically called comfort women, for Japanese and American troops during World War II and the ongoing Korean War.
Girl is a superb example what fiction is supposed to be: an act of empathetic imagination". [11] Francine Prose of The New York Times praised the book, saying "Let's give O’Brien credit for her energy and passion, for reminding us that at every moment girls are being abused and exploited with unconscionable cruelty and malice. Let's honor her ...
In the 1970s, Le Sueur modified the story, making Girl's baby a girl instead of a boy, and the book was eventually published in 1978. [ 2 ] The Meridel LeSueur Family Circle took control of the publishing rights in 2019 and published the third edition in 2022 with a new foreword by Margaret Randall and a new essay by Becka Tilsen, one of ...
In The Japan Times, the book was reviewed by Jeff Kingston, a history professor at Temple University, Japan Campus.Kingston noted how Soh defines the comfort women system as arising "from the nexus of patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism and militarism, placing it in an ongoing continuum of women’s subjugation and exploitation."
Story of a Girl is a 2007 young-adult novel by Sara Zarr. The story follows Deanna Lambert, a 16-year-old girl from Pacifica in the San Francisco Bay Area who struggles with slut shaming, gossip, and sexuality. The novel was a finalist for the National Book Award, and was adapted into a Lifetime movie also titled Story of a Girl in 2017.
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The book won a 1989 Young Reader's Choice Award and follows a young girl that must deal with supernatural events that surround her. [1] The book deals with the subjects of death and suicide, which has led some parents to request that the book be removed from school reading lists and school libraries.
Each Little Bird That Sings is a 2005 novel aimed for people of all ages, by Deborah Wiles, the author of Love, Ruby Lavender.It won the 2006 Association of Booksellers for Children E. B. White Read Aloud Award for older children, [1] was a finalist at the 2005 United States National Book Awards, [2] and won the California Young Reader Medal in 2008.