The Firekeeper's Son [SCM]

by Julie Downing Illustrator, Linda Sue Park Author

In Korea in the early 1800s, news from the countryside reached the king by means of signal fires. On one mountain top after another, a fire was lit when all was well. If the king did not see a fire, that meant trouble, and he would send out his army. Sang-hee, son of the village firekeeper, must take his father's place one night and light the fire. Sang-hee knows how important it is for the fire to be lit, but he wishes that he could see soldiers . . . just once. A tale rooted in Korean history.