Sookan's three older brothers and Father are far away, in Japanese labor camps, or working to free Korea from Japanese rule. The Japanese Imperial Police rule over the people cruelly, confiscating anything of value, and forcing everyone to worship the Japanese Emperor. The family runs a small sock factory in their yard, with a group of teen-aged girls who work all day, every day to make socks for the Japanese army. Sookan and her little brother, Inchun, try to help out at home, where they are secretly taught about Korean history and culture by their Grandfather. The family hopes that World War II will end soon so that they can be free. Sookan is a little Korean girl whose family fights for the cause of Korean Independence, but this is very dangerous. In 1945, the Japanese had been occupying Korea for over thirty years.
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