<P> However, Sun - hee soon finds that Tomo's warning did not indicate that the government was aware of his activities with the resistance, but that they were going to take all metal items (including the printing press) and donate them to the military . This means that her uncle's escape was for no reason, which become more tragic once his flight is announced by one of the neighborhood block leaders . As the days progress, the siblings hear more news about kamikaze pilots, which fascinates Tae - yul . Eventually Tae - yul is approached by the police, who want him to arrange a meeting with his uncle . This puts Tae - yul under a lot of pressure since accepting it would end with his uncle's arrest and refusing it would put him at the mercy of the government . He ends up enlisting in the Imperial Japanese Army as it would allow him to leave the country without having to accept or decline the police's request . </P> <P> While Tae - yul is in training, he overhears two Japanese officers joking and sneering about Koreans in relation to a volunteer mission, as they viewed them as too worthless and cowardly to volunteer . Because of this, Tae - yul immediately volunteers, only to discover that it is for a kamikaze mission . Tae - yul is put through rudimentary flight training that is cut short due to a lack of Japanese soldiers . Tae - yul secretly plans of a way to escape the certain death that would come from his mission . He is spared from this fate when the day for the mission arrives as the weather makes it impossible for the pilots to successfully fly . Tae - yul and the others return to base where they are arrested . Months later the block leaders announce that Japan had lost the war to the United States . Tae - yul returns home, where he confesses to his family that his plan was that when the time came, he would take out another kamikaze pilot instead of aiming at the American ships . Home and together again, Sun - hee teaches her brother the Korean alphabet, which she learned from their father after Korea was freed . </P> <P> Critical reception has been positive, and When My Name Was Keoko has received a review from the School Library Journal and two reviews from the Horn Book Guide . AudioFile praised the book's story while criticizing that the audiobook narration was "at times flat and without emotion". Publishers Weekly gave When My Name Was Keoko a starred review and wrote "Through the use of the shifting narrators, Park subtly points up the differences between male and female roles in Korean society and telling details provide a clear picture of the siblings and their world ." Kliatt and Reading Time both praised the work and Kliatt commented that it would be of good use in classrooms, especially those focused in literary, history, or had "students of Korean roots and good students who like substance in their stories ." </P> <Ul> <Li> CCBC Newbery Award Discussion </Li> <Li> Honor Book, CCBC Printz Award Discussion </Li> </Ul>

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