Longing for her mother, who is away in the army, young Sumi is consoled by her grandmother's tale of her family's escape from Seoul, Korea, by train at the last moment before the Korean War began.
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Honors:
1996 Smithsonian Magazine Notable Children's Book; San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 1996 List
Sumi's grandmother tells the story of her family's escape from Seoul during the Korean War, while they watch the trains which will eventually bring her mother back from army service.
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