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2020., Adolescent, Iron Circus Comics Call No: GN B KIM Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with life-or-death stakes she never could have imagined. This was during South Korea's Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protestors. In this charged political climate, with Molotov cocktails flying and fellow students disappearing for hours and returning with bruises, Hyun Sook sought refuge in the comfort of books. When the handsome young editor of the school newspaper invited her to his reading group, she expected to pop into the cafeteria to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Scarlet Letter. Instead she found herself hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club. And as Hyun Sook soon discovered, in a totalitarian regime, the delights of discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence as the walls close in.
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2020., Iron Circus Comics Call No: GN B Banned Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: During South Korea's Fifth Republic from 1981 to 1987, Kim Hyun Sook convinces her traditional mother that women should go to college. In 1983, Sook looks forward to immersing herself in Western literature, but she finds out that reading can be a life-or-death activity under a totalitarian regime. A young man invites Sook to a reading group, which she learns is actually a secretive group reading banned books in a basement. Sook goes on to describe how rebellious reading changed the country.
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2020., Iron Circus Comics Call No: GN-REALISTIC BAN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It's 1983 during South Korea's Fifth Republic, a military regime that has entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protesters.. In this charged political climate a freshman named Kim Hyun Sook seeks refuge in the comfort of books. When the handsome young editor of the school newspaper invites her to his reading group, she expects to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, The Scarlet Letter. Instead she finds herself hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club, And as Hyun Sook discovers, in a totalitarian regime, the delights of discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence"--Back cover.
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-- Faeries's landing.By Yu, Hyonc2005., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.10 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While a battle is raging between new spirit forces and Fanta's gang, she learns who is behind the plan to kill her. But despite her predicament she will never run back to "mommy dearest.".
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-- Faeries's landing.By Yu, Hyonc2005., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.11 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Now that Ryang has learned the painful truth about Fanta, he feels betrayed. Even his brother Kang will not be much help, especially since Yuri plans to lure Kang into her life.
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-- Faeries's landing.By Yu, Hyonc2006., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.12 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fanta and Ryang travel back in time, and Fanta receives the rare opportunity to see how her parents met and how their relationship led to her birth. She also discovers why her mother has so much resentment toward her children, but Fanta soon discovers that some secrets in the past are best left hidden.
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By Yu, Hyonc2006., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.13 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The faeries descend to Earth for diversion, but jealousy threatens the group's solidarity.
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By Yu, Hyonc2006., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.14 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Oran plans to take desperate action when she discovers that her husband is not the same person.
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By Yu, Hyonc2007., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.15 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sindo wants to go to Avalon with his family, but Oran, his wife, won't let him unless he kills his brother, Sino. Ryang hopes his brother, Kang, doesn't turn into an evil affinity when he gets involved with Yuri.
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-- Faeries's landing.c2004., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When the "Scroll of Divination" is stolen, the King of Avalon appears in the human world and intervenes when Fanta is threatened. The King must overcome the evil force that has been created through the power of the scroll.
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-- Faeries's landing.c2004., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Yuri joins with the Egyptian cat goddess, Bast, in order to survive. As they travel they cast a spell over Medea in order to get closer to Fanta, but all Yuri really longs for is to get Ryang back in her life.
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-- Faeries's landing.By Yu, Hyonc2004., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.7 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fanta and her friends look forward to a vacation at the beach but run into real problems on the way, especially since Bast the Cat has returned.
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-- Faeries's landing.By Yu, Hyonc2005., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.8 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fanta may need help quickly when she tries to rescue Yeongyeong from the mind control of the feline Bast.
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-- Faeries's landing.By Yu, Hyonc2005., Tokyopop Call No: GN Faeries' vol.9 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Affinities of Yuri and Bast have been scheming against Fanta and her friends for weeks. But she and Ryang are skillful at purifying affinities despite the fact that evil forces are all about them.
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By Lee, Deborah[2023]., Adolescent, First Second Call No: GN B LEE Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health plummeting, resulting in a suicide attempt. But Deb is resilient and slowly heals with the help of art and self-care, guiding her to a deeper understanding of her heritage and herself.
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By Lee, Deborah2023., First Second Call No: GN IN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Set between New Jersey and Seoul, this coming-of-age story follows the author as she goes to South Korea, where she realizes something that changes her perspective on her family, her heritage and herself"--Provided by publisher.
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By Lee, Deborah2023., First Second Call No: MEMOIR NF LEE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Set between New Jersey and Seoul, this coming-of-age story follows the author as she goes to South Korea, where she realizes something that changes her perspective on her family, her heritage and herself"--Provided by publisher.
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2023., Drawn & Quarterly Call No: GN GEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The year is 1951. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyung ekes out a living at the US Post Exchange, where goods and services of varying stripe are available for purchase. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. When a handsome young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman's first brush with desire against the backdrop of the Korean War at its most devastating.
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2021., Adolescent, Drawn & Quarterly Call No: GN GEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: she was separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split down the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family--now four--fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. Then 70 years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can't stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother"--From the publisher's web site.
