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Banned Book Club
Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada [note: the Korean names of co-author and illustrator are presented Korean style, family name first]
Illustrator: Ko Hyung-Ju
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Iron Circus Comics
ISBN: 978-1-945820-427
Keywords: South Korea, politics, activism, education, family, friendship
Joining a banned book club opens college student Kim Hyun Sook's eyes to political realities in the authoritarian regime of 1980s South Korea. Illustrations in Korean comics (manhwa) style.