A Piece of Home Jeri Watts ; illustrated by Hyewon Yum.

By:

Watts, Jeri Hanel, 1957- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Yum, Hyewon [illustrator.]

Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016Copyright date: ♭2016Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780763669713 (hardcover)
0763669717 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

[E] 23

Summary: A child-friendly story about the trials and triumphs of starting over in a new place while keeping family and traditions close.Summary: When Hee Juns family moves from Korea to West Virginia he struggles to adjust to his new home. He cant understand anything the teacher says, and even the sky seems smaller and darker. Hee Jun begins to learn English words and make friends on the playground. One day at a classmates house he sees a flower he knows from his garden in Korea: mugunghwa, or rose of Sharon. Hee Jun is happy to bring a shoot to his grandmother to plant a "piece of home" in their new garden.

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A child-friendly story about the trials and triumphs of starting over in a new place while keeping family and traditions close.

When Hee Juns family moves from Korea to West Virginia he struggles to adjust to his new home. He cant understand anything the teacher says, and even the sky seems smaller and darker. Hee Jun begins to learn English words and make friends on the playground. One day at a classmates house he sees a flower he knows from his garden in Korea: mugunghwa, or rose of Sharon. Hee Jun is happy to bring a shoot to his grandmother to plant a "piece of home" in their new garden.

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