Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea’s oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author’s mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.

Featured in WOW Review Volume XIII, Issue 1

Brother’s Keeper is a WOW Recommends: Book of the Month for February 2021.

Related: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), North Korea

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• ISBN: 9780823444946
• Author: Lee, Julie
• Published: 2020 , Holiday House
• Themes: Military and wars, Siblings, Survival, War
• Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), North Korea
• No. of pages: 320