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A review by sarahbowling6608
Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee
4.0
Wow. What a story.
I didn't know much about the Korean War when I started this; I suppose that's why they call it the forgotten war. I found it in a search for Korean War historical fiction for my daughter to read this year to supplement her history curriculum. She will definitely be reading this when we get to the Korean War. I don't want to spoil the story so I won't say much, but this book brought joy, sadness, heart stopping fear, and laughter.
CC: death/war/bombs/violence (some of the ways people died were horrible--falling off the top of a moving train, trampled by a mob of desperate refugees, frozen to death falling in a river--and the story doesn't go into graphic detail, but if you have a sensitive child I think you'd want to preview it), family separation, harsh treatment for being a daughter instead of a son, bodily functions mentioned but not in a funny way, stealing
I didn't know much about the Korean War when I started this; I suppose that's why they call it the forgotten war. I found it in a search for Korean War historical fiction for my daughter to read this year to supplement her history curriculum. She will definitely be reading this when we get to the Korean War. I don't want to spoil the story so I won't say much, but this book brought joy, sadness, heart stopping fear, and laughter.
CC: death/war/bombs/violence (some of the ways people died were horrible--falling off the top of a moving train, trampled by a mob of desperate refugees, frozen to death falling in a river--and the story doesn't go into graphic detail, but if you have a sensitive child I think you'd want to preview it), family separation, harsh treatment for being a daughter instead of a son, bodily functions mentioned but not in a funny way, stealing