My Name is Yoon

By Helen Recorvits

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

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.