Contemporary Koreans & Korean-Americans
Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park
A Korean-American boy
wakes up to find an ancient Korean warrior in his bedroom!
Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent
A Korean adoptee in an Italian-American family struggles with his identity, with humorous results.
Re-Gifters by Mike Carey, Marc Hempel and Sonny Liew
Funny and touching contemporary graphic novel with a Korean-American heroine, martial arts, romance.
Modern History
When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Life in 1940‘s Korea under the Japanese occupation, from the alternating perspectives of a sister and brother.
Traditional Korea
Pigling: A Cinderella Story: A Korean Tale by Dan Jolley, illust.by Anne Timmons
Graphic novel treatment of the traditional story of Kong-ji and Pot-ji.
The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
A story of two brothers, sibling challenges, and kite flying in Seoul in 1473.
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O’Brien (me)
Graphic novel retelling of the superhero tale, the first novel written in the Korean alphabet.