My Name is Yoon

By Helen Recorvits

Subjects: First day of school, fiction, Names, personal, fiction, award:Ezra_Jack_Keats_award, lexile_range:401-500, First day of school, age:max:9, Korean Americans, Schools, fiction, Names, Personal, Korean americans, fiction, lexile:440, Fiction, Children's fiction, Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration, fiction, age:min:3, Juvenile fiction, grade:min:Preschool and up, Personal Names, Schools, grade:max:undefined

Description: Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.