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"After their harrowing journey to the mainland to reason with the Shogun's forces, young islanders Hana and Kenichi have been separated, forced to find their own ways back to Ronin Island. Kenichi, cast out in exile, must survive the wilderness on his own and contend with new enemies. . . Hana must also navigate a dangerous foreign environment, as she travels back towards the island with Shogun's caravan alongside refugees from his fortress, and begins to learn more about the mutant threat"--Back cover.

"Hana and Kenichi are too young to remember the Great Wind, a catastrophic vent that devastated 19th century China, Korea, and Japan. They were raised in the aftermath on Ronin Island, where survivors found refuge in a place where differences were forgotten and a unified society was formed. But when the Shogunate comes back to power demanding a return to the ways of the past, Hand and Kenichi must prepare to defend their home and all that it represents from the warlord's forces--and confront an even more deadly threat clawing out the devastation of the Great Wind..."--Back cover.

During the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath, waiting to see how their fates would be decided. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, had called for "a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims," giving equal weight would be given to the opinions of the colonized peoples and the colonial powers. Among those nations now paying close attention to Wilson's words and actions were the budding nationalist leaders of four disparate non-Western societies?Egypt, India, China, and Korea.

While investigating a series of grisly murders, eighteen-year-old palace nurse Hyeon navigates royal and political intrigue and becomes entangled with a young police inspector. Includes author's note.

Told from multiple viewpoints, Anna K spends a summer with her father and his family in South Korea, while in the United States, Lolly and Steven, Kimmie and Dustin, and Bea all face relationship issues.

In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, sixteen-year-old Seol, an indentured servant within the police bureau, becomes entangled in a politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman.

When a little boy visits his grandfather on the other side of the ocean, everything is unfamiliar and boring until time together proves that Grandpa can be a lot of fun.

In nineteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well.

In 1426 in Joseon, a year after her father vanishes while investigating the disappearance of thirteen girls, eighteen-year-old Min Hwani returns to the island of Jeju to pick up his trail with the help of her estranged sister.

Provides insight into the future of North and South Korea, discussing the dynamics between North and South Korea in the twenty-first century as well as the geography, history, government, politics, economy, society, culture, and contemporary issues of the Korean peninsula.