Banned book club
(Graphic Novel)
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Contributors
Published
Chicago, IL : Iron Circus Comics, 2020.
Format
Graphic Novel
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Southside - Young Adult Graphic Novels | BIO KIM, H | Checked Out | May 9, 2024 |
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Published
Chicago, IL : Iron Circus Comics, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 3.5, 1 Points
Level 3.5, 1 Points
Notes
General Note
"Strange and amazing."
Description
"The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with life-or-death stakes she never could have imagined. This was during South Korea's Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protestors. In this charged political climate, with Molotov cocktails flying and fellow students disappearing for hours and returning with bruises, Hyun Sook sought refuge in the comfort of books. When the handsome young editor of the school newspaper invited her to his reading group, she expected to pop into the cafeteria to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Scarlet Letter. Instead she found herself hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club. And as Hyun Sook soon discovered, in a totalitarian regime, the delights of discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence as the walls close in. In BANNED BOOK CLUB, Hyun Sook shares a dramatic true story of political division, fear-mongering, anti-intellectualism, the death of democratic institutions, and the relentless rebellion of reading."--,Provided by publisher.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,3.5,1,513258.
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Subjects
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Autobiographical comics.
Autobiographies.
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nonfiction comics.
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Young adult literature.
Autobiographies.
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nonfiction comics.
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography.
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Young adult literature.
Other Subjects
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Cartoons and comics.
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Cartoons and comics.
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics.
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics.
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Cartoons and comics.
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Cartoons and comics.
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics.
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics.
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics.