Book Review: The Name Jar

In the book, The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi, a little girl from Korea goes to a new school and is very uncomfortable because she has a very unusual name. She is also teased on the bus because of her name. So she tells her classmates that she hasn't yet decided on a name (she wants an American name). They decide to help her by filling a glass jar with suggestions for names. "Eventually the girl decides to keep her own name as one of her classmates takes pride in the new Korean nickname he has chosen, Chinku, meaning "friend." This story crosses cultural differences to embrace the concepts of family love, friendship, cultural sensitivity and self esteem. What a wonderful story!" (quoted from Amazon.com book and customer review)