Seoyeon Kim
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#48.Heidi by Johanna Spyri (Jan. 2025)
Introduction: Heidi is a coming-of-age novel by Johanna Spyri, published in 1880. It is one of the notable novels from early on for the naive and bright young girl who lives in the countryside with his grandfather and no parents. The book follows Heidi and her new life in the mountain area and her quick…
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#47. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Jan. 2025)
Introduction: The Diary of a Young Girl is a diary written by Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in the Netherlands who was a victim of the Holocaust in World War II. It was published in 1947 after it was found in Anne’s house. This book showed the world the experiences and the perspective of…
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The Girl on the Street Case
I woke up in the morning fresh and ready to go to school. I went to the bathroom to wash my face and brushed my teeth. As usual, I had milk and Cheerios with some green grapes my mom had gotten the day before. I dressed up in a striped dress, my favorite clothes, and…
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The Cat in the Rain
A big drop of water hit me suddenly. I looked up and saw big drops showering over the city. I sat in the dark, alone, even though I was soaking wet, and looked over the city, the shining lights from tall buildings. There was a huge dark cloud in the sky. It reminded me of…
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#46. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Jan. 2025)
A Christmas Carol is a Christmas-based novella by Charles Dickens, published in 1843. It was made into a film in 2009. The story follows an elderly man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas and is mean-spirited. He meets three different Christmas spirits who lead him, showing him many different memories surrounding Christmas. The book is one…
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Cambodia Mission Trip 2024 #3
Day 4 Today, we went to the Children at Risk center where Vandy mainly focuses. This was the smallest center we went to and had the most good living conditions. We had the same routine as the others in the morning. However, we had a raffle where two or three members came up and picked…
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Cambodia Mission Trip 2024 #2
Day 2 Today, we went to Joy Village to serve the Cambodian kids. It was pretty big, but lots of trash was piled up and thrown away at the sides of the roads and streets. We took half an hour to pick up trash to make the streets much cleaner than before. We also had…
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Star in Dark
I walked through the dark streets, street lights flickering every so often. I had no thoughts, except the mixed up and weird feeling I’d been having lately. The grasshoppers were crying and bugs buzzing near the lights. The chilly autumn wind blew with the sound of a quiet river flowing and the leaves were slowly…
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The Seas
The quicksand pulled me up toward the sky and the clouds. I floated in the middle of the sky, the refreshing breeze flowing through the air. I could see all of the views from up on the cloud. The tiny houses in the grasslands, snowy mountains, deserts, and the rivers and lakes. I sat peacefully…
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#45. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Dec. 2024)
Introduction: Brideshead Revisited is a romance and historical novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1945. It was made into a film in 2008 along with a TV series. The story is about Charles and Sebastian in England after World War II. Charles focuses on his studies while Sebastian gets involved with alcoholism. The book introduces…
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