Oh, Ellen
Summary: A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OHWang, Ann Suk
Summary: "Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her family and their guests take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins, who risked her life in dangerous situations to provide eyewitness accounts of many of the major events of the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HIGLee, Chang-rae
Summary: Korean born June Han has forged a life thousands of miles from her birthplace: she has built a business in New York, survived a husband, borne a child. But her past holds more secrets than she has ever been able to tell, and thirty years after her escape from war-ravaged Korea, the time has come for her to confront them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEEVidich, Paul
Summary: In 1953, at the end of the Korean War, Dr. Charles Wilson, an Army bio-weapons scientist, died when he "jumped or fell" from the ninth floor of a Washington hotel. As his wife and children grieve, the details of his death remain buried for twenty-two years. With the release of the Rockefeller Commission report on illegal CIA activities in 1975, LSD is linked to Wilson's death, and suddenly the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC VIDYi, Chi-min
Summary: American movie star Marilyn Monroe will be visiting Korea on a four-day USO tour, and Alice has been chosen as her translator. Though intrigued, Alice has few expectations of the job--what could she and a beautiful actress at the peak of her fame possibly have to talk about? Yet the Marilyn she meets, while just as dazzling and sensual as Alice expected, is also surprisingly approachable. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YIBurke, James Lee.
Summary: "...Hackberry Holland makes his first appearance in this early gem...Against the backdrop of growing civil rights turmoil in a sultry border town, the hard-drinking ex-POW attorney yields to the myriad of urgings of his wife, his brother, and his so-called friends to make a bid for a congressional seat--and finds himself embroiled in the seamy world of Texas powerbrokers. And when Hack attempts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURYi, Kŭm-i
Summary: "Two women's lives and identities are intertwined-through World War II and the Korean War-revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. "Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories." -Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author Can't I Go Instead follows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge/Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YILee, Julie
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEEGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: In the fall of 1950, the Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, and personal conflicts will determine fates for better or worse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRISimmons, Edwin H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMBond, Larry.
Summary: The story of men and women as they shape events that alter, if not devastate, the world after the Second Korean War begins when North Korea, supported by the Soviets, invades South Korea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BONSalter, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: When Captain Ken McCoy is asked to leave the Corps after his report on probable North Korean hostilities displeases his superiors, McCoy is hired by the CIA and must join with other veterans to retaliate against Korea's invasion of the 38th parallel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRIGriffin, W. E. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2002
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Summary: In the fall of 1950, the U.S. Marines confront an uphill battle as they make their way from Inchon across the 38th parallel, dealing with the full force of Chinese military might and the disappearance of an officer's son behind enemy lines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GriShaara, Jeff
Summary: "June, 1950: the North Korean army, a formidable force backed by Soviet arms and training, invades South Korea, with the intent of uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops. But the US is no better equipped than their allies. The American and United nations troops are fighting for their lives against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Shaara 2017Kim, Crystal Hana
Summary: An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love, the unforgettable saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they're forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today. When the communist-backed army from the north invades her home, sixteen-year-old Haemi Lee, along with her widowed mother and ailing brother, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KIMYoon, Paul.
Summary: "A highly anticipated debut novel from 5 Under 35 National Book Foundation honoree featuring a Korean War refugee who emigrates to Brazil to become a tailor's apprentice and confronts the wreckage of his past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YOOMorrison, Toni.
Summary: "The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Morrison 2012Block, Lawrence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M BLORash, Ron
Summary: "It's 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. It suits his withdrawn personality, and the inexplicable occurrences that happen from time to time rattle him less than interaction with the living. But when his best and only friend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Summary: June 1950. The North Korean army invades South Korea, intent on uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops, and together they drive the North Koreans back to their border with China. But several hundred thousand Chinese troops have entered Korea, laying massive traps for the Allies. In November 1950,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Shaara 2017Spragg, Mark
Summary: Seeking to escape her brutal boyfriend and hoping to introduce her daughter, Griff, to the grandfather she has never met, widow Jean Gilkyson seeks refuge in her late husband's Wyoming hometown with her estranged father-in-law.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004