Thursday, September 18, 2008

Yoon and the Jade Bracelet by Recorvits - ADVISABLE


Recorvits, Helen Yoon and the Jade Bracelet, pictures by Gabi Swiatowska. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 2008. PICTURE BOOK.

EL - ADVISABLE

Yoon is new in America from Korea. For her birthday she receives a beautiful jade bracelet that had been passed down from her grandmother. An older girl at school sees the bracelet and tricks Yoon into "sharing" it with her. Yoon has to find her courage in order to reclaim her possession.

The message within this picture book is an important one for children of any age - the fact that some people will use you just to get what they want and that you can and should stand up for yourself.

Cindy, Library-Teacher.

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