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Gr 9 Up—It's 1983 in South Korea, and Hyun Sook is on her way to her hard-won first day at college. Excited to study literature, she dodges her mother's arguments about the safety and necessity of schooling, but at school, she's greeted by violent demonstrations. Though she tries to ignore the students protesting President Chun's totalitarian regime, Hyun Sook starts to realize that the art and literature she loves are hardly apolitical. When she accepts an invitation to attend a seemi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More