Sookan, the unforgettable heroine of Year of Impossible Goodbyes, is now fifteen years old and a refugee in Pusan, a city in a southern province of Korea. The Korean War is raging, and she once again has been separated from her father and brothers. Anxiously awaiting any news of them, Sookan imagines a time when she can return to a normal life in Seoul. In the meantime, though she often feels sad, alone, and scared, she finds solace in a forbidden friendship (romance) and from the mysterious "shouting poet" who offers her and her fellow refugees inspiration each morning. 144 pages (sequel to The Year of Impossible Goodbyes) ages 12 and up

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