A Step from Heaven

· namelos llc
4.1
15 reviews
Ebook
160
Pages

About this ebook

A Korean American girl tells of her acculturation into American life from the day she leaves Korea as a child to adulthood. Michael J. Printz Award. A National Book Award finalist.

Ratings and reviews

4.1
15 reviews
A Google user
A touching portrait of Young Ju Park, who is four years old when she arrives in California with her mother and father from Korea, in an attempt to partake in the American Dream. Young Ju's family lives in poverty while her father becomes an abusive alcoholic.
A Google user
This is a book about a Korean family that comes to America to begin a new life, as told through the eyes of the oldest daughter. She has a difficult time dealing with her family's poverty and her fathers concerning alcoholism and subsequent abuse.
A Google user
December 6, 2010
A Korean American girl immigrates to America and struggles with acculteration as she tries to fit in, build her own identity, and maintain her families cultural expectations.

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