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Seesaw Girl

by Linda Sue Park

Curiosity beyond the Inner Court

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Awards & Recognition

  • Author recognition

    Author Linda Sue Park is a Newbery Medalist

    The credited author is described as a Newbery Medalist; this is an accolade of the author, not an award for Sees...

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Curiosity beyond the Inner Court

Set in seventeenth-century Korea, the story centers on Jade Blossom, whose family’s customs keep her inside the Inner Court until marriage. Through her older brother’s accounts of markets, mountain grave sites, reading, painting, and conversations about business and politics, she encounters glimpses of a world closed to her. Jade’s acceptance of her expected future sits alongside a persistent curiosity about life beyond the walls, shaping a story about gendered boundaries, family tradition, and the desire to see the wider world firsthand.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A fit for readers ages 9–12 interested in historical fiction.
  • For readers curious about girls’ lives and family customs in historical Korea.
  • May suit readers who enjoy stories about curiosity and limits on personal freedom.

Themes

Gender roles and expectationsFamily traditionCuriosity and independenceHistorical Korea

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Book overview

The powerful tale of a sheltered girl's daring attempts to enlarge her world, from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park.

Jade Blossom never ventures beyond the walls of her family's Inner Court. In seventeenth-century Korea, a girl of good family does not leave home until she marries.

She is enthralled by her older brother's stories about trips to the market and to the ancestral grave sites in the mountains, about reading and painting, about his conversations with their father about business and politics and adventures only boys can have. Jade accepts her destiny, and yet she is endlessly curious about what lies beyond the walls. Will she ever see for herself?

A lively story with a vividly realized historical setting, Seesaw Girl "will capture and hold readers" (Kirkus).

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