A Piece of Home
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0763669717 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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His eyes are not big and round like his classmates’, and he can’t understand anything the teacher says, even when she speaks s-l-o-w-l-y and loudly at him. Lyrical prose and lovely illustrations combine in a gentle, realistic story about finding connections in an unfamiliar world.. A child-friendly story about the trials and triumphs of starting over in a new place while keeping family and traditions close.When Hee Jun’s family moves from Korea to West Virginia, he struggles to adjust to his new home. But little by little Hee Jun begins to learn English words and make friends on the playground. And one day he is invited to a classmate’s house, where he sees a flower he knows from his garden in Korea — mugunghwa, or rose of Sharon, as his friend tells him — and Hee Jun is happy to bring a shoot to his grandmother to plant a "piece of home" in their new garden. As he lies in bed at night, the sky seems smaller and darker
She lives in Brooklyn, New York. . Jeri Watts has written numerous short stories as well as the picture book Keepers and the middle-grade novel Kizzy Ann Stamps. She lives in Virginia, where she is a professor at Lynchburg College.Hyewon Yum is the author and illustrator of several acclaimed books for children. She has received the Society of Illustrator's Founder's Award, the Ezra Jack K
Tasha Saecker said Strong and Thoughtful Look at Immigration. Hee Jun loved living in Korea where he fit in with his classmates at school and his grandmother was a respected teacher. She was also able to have an extraordinary garden there. When his father moves them to West Virginia, everything changes. Hee Jun does not fit in with his classmates due to the way he. Realistic Immigration Story A PIECE OF HOME by Jeri Watts tells the story of a young boy who moves from Korea to West Virginia and his struggles to fit in.When his father accepts a job in West Virginia, Hee Jun’s family moves from Korea to a strange new world where people speak and act differently. However, he soon begins to
'A piece of home.'" The young boy's distress, as well as his grandmother's, at not fitting in is evident in the large watercolor illustrations. As the months pass, though, brother, sister, and grandmother begin to learn English and Hee Jun slowly transforms from an outsider to an ordinary boy among his classmates. His grandmother stays in school each day with his little sister, who is also having a hard time, but Hee Jun must cope on his own. Grandmother changes from the brightly dressed teacher she was in Korea to a bowed woman wearing drab clothing. This immigration story, paired with Irena Kobald's My Two Blankets, can offer readers who feel different and alone hope that things will get better, and may encourage others to help them on their way. But the mugunghwa plant, foreshadowed on the title page, brings renewed spirit to them both as they savor a piece of home. From School Library Journal K-Gr 2—When his family moves from Korea to West Virgi