This is a story by Yangsook Choi that shares the story of a little girl named Jangmi and her move away from Korea. Jangmi is being forced by her parents to move to Massachusetts, and away from everything she knows. Jangmi is sad to leave her family, her best friend, her favorite foods, and her house. She is afraid to move to a place so far away, and so different from everything she knows. Throughout the story Jangmi shares with the reader how difficult it is to move away from where you love and the people you love. The reader is given insight to what it must feel like to move to a place that is completely different. After Jangmi is in the USA and see's her new house begin to be filled with her belongings from Korea she beings to feel less sad, she even meets a little girl who wants to be her friend!
I would use this book in the classroom to help give students a perspective into what it feels like to be in a place completely unknown to them. I would give the students the prompt " Imagine you have to move today, and it must be to Korea, how would you feel? What would you do?" This challenges students to really grasp the point of view of Jangmi and makes them think about others and how it would feel if it were them moving across the world.
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