
I especially relate to Yoon when she talks about a little Robin that is hoping the yard. I identify with Yoon as I have hated being the new kid after moving. Fletcher (2013) discusses, "characters contain the crucial human link. Recorvits does a great job creating the character of Yoon by using connections to relatable human emotions. However, by the end of the story Yoon makes a friend, writes her name in english and thinks that a different place like America might be okay after all. For example, she explains both by transferring her feelings of isolation onto a bird and by overtly stating she wants to, "fly back to Korea"(p.


Throughout the story she repeatedly explains her loneliness in her new county. At school, she assumes different names, other than Yoon, such as: Cat, Bird and Cupcake. She would rather write it in Korean because in Korean it looks happy and the characters dance together. Before she goes to school, her father shows her how to write her name in English, but Yoon does not like how her name looks in English.

My Name is Yoon is a sweet story about a little girl that has trouble adjusting to her new life in America.
