Year of impossible goodbyes / (Record no. 10789)
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| fixed length control field | 01489nam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ASIN0440407591 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20110912070330.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 110912s1993 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0440407591 (paperback) |
| Terms of availability | $5.99 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780440407591 (paperback) |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Choi, Sook Nyul. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Year of impossible goodbyes / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Sook Nyul Choi. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Yearling, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1993. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 169 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | It is 1945, and courageous ten-year-old Sookan and her family must endure the cruelties of the Japanese military occupying Korea. Police captain Narita does his best to destroy everything of value to the family, but he cannot break their spirit. Sookan's father is with the resistance movement in Manchuria and her older brothers have been sent away to labor camps. Her mother is forced to supervise a sock factory and Sookan herself must wear a uniform and attend a Japanese school. Then the war ends. Out come the colorful Korean silks and bags of white rice. But Communist Russian troops have taken control of North Korea and once again the family is suppressed. Sookan and her family know their only hope for freedom lies in a dangerous escape to Americancontrolled South Korea. Here is the incredible story of one family's love for each other and their determination to risk everything to find freedom. |
| 521 0# - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | Ages 9-12. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440407591/chopaconline-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440407591/chopaconline-20</a> |
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