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Paperback. Pub Date: 2000 Pages: 48 Publisher: Sandpiper While her mother is in the army. Sumi is living with her grandmother on the East Blossom Hill. Perched on her favorite rock Sumi watches trains wind through the valley below. hears the lonely sound of their whistles piercing the air. and longs for the day her mother will return. The train whistle reminds Sumi's grandmother of a time when a train played an important role in her life too: long ago in Korea. when she and her family escaped Seoul at the last moment before the war came. In poetic language and exquisite paintings. PEACEBOUND TRAINS evokes the landscape and people of Korea and a special grandmother-granddaughter relationship. 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 ing her mother back from army service.
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1996 Smithsonian Magazine Notable Children's Book; San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 1996 List
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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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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin (Trade)
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0618040307
- ISBN 13 9780618040308
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages48
- IllustratorSoentpiet Chris K.
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