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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: "Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars" is about a fourteen-year old princess growing up in Silla, which is now present-day South Korea. She loves astronomy, though girls and women at that time were not expected to study the stars and the sky, and she is willing to prove herself to her father, the ruler of Silla, that she could be just like a son to him since he never had any sons and because women did not rule back then. Instead of writing in a diary, Sondok writes a series of notes to her grandmother describing her private feelings and what is going on in her life. She also writes about her dissapointments about not being able to study astronomy. This was a great Royal Diary, and I think many people wil enjoy it!
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Summary: History or not, Sondok was a modern girl.
Review: "Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595" was not best historically, but with good reason: nearly nothing is known about Sondok. Given what little facts, Sheri Holman did a decent job. You get a true sense of what being a female was like during this time, and how hard it was; one couldn't follow a hobby or dream, as it was probably not feminine enough. If anything, you'll be shown how strong women are and how much they can accomplish, with or without a man's help. Young girl's should read this story, as Holman created a great role model in Sondok. I recommend.
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Summary: Sondok. Terrific!
Review: By putting notes in an ancestral jar of her grandmothers ,Sondok princess of Korea began a diary about the happenings in her life and around the palace.Having an interest in the planets and stars Sondok was quite excited when a chinese astronomer was coming to visit the Korean royal family.But after being rejected by the astronomer and her father and being told that astronomy isn't for ladies ,Sondok sees red.Sondok buried her astronomy case and took on weaving,sewing and studying vowing she would never study astronomy again.But after breaking her vow ,she looses one of the most precious people in her life.This is an excellent new addition to the Royal Diaries Series and should be read by all fans.
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Summary: Sondok:princess of the mon and stars
Review: I enjoyed this book, though if you are looking for action I don't think you'll find a lot of it here. This story was more about Sondok's battle as a person, the choices she has to make, and how you will turn out as a person because of those choices. The author makes a good picture of how a girl must feel in such patriarchal times, against a world filled with set, unmovalble precepts. Though it is short, I still beleive you can get a lot out of it. All in all, a worthwhile read.
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Summary: A book of astronomic quality!
Review: In ancient Asia, females, as a general rule, were not allowed to rule. They could only be the wives of kings and emperors. However, in Silla in 595, it's a girl who is heir apparent to the throne of Silla (now called South Korea). Fourteen-year-old Sondok has no brothers and her mother is too old to have any more children. Her father's brothers are all dead and they didn't have any sons either. Thus, it is she who must inherit the throne. Sondok thinks she's up to the job. She comes across as forthright and intelligent as she writes in her diary. She's especially fascinated by astronomy, and displays her skill at it by correctly predicting an eclipse. Unfortunately this earns her the wrath of the Chinese ambassador, also an astronomer, who predicted the wrong date. "Astronomy is not for women," Lin Fang says. "Go do something female like look after silkworms." Sondok tries to win him over, but he is unmoved. Worse yet, her father agrees with the ambassador and forbids his daughter to study the moon and stars! This is the principal conflict in this narrative. There are some others: Sondok's father casts aside his old wife and takes a new, younger one whom he hopes will bear him a son. Sondok is in love with someone whom she cannot marry, as he is below her station, and when he goes off to be a Buddhist monk she wonders if she'll ever see him again. She wonders a lot about religions: Korean Buddhism vs. Chinese Confucianism. Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars is one of my favorite books in the royal diaries, entertaining and quite historically accurate. I'd recommend it to young girls nine and up, especially those interested in Korean culture and astronomy.
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Summary: I have definitely read better
Review: Sondok is a Korean princess who is heir to the throne, much to the dismay of the Chinese, who believe that a woman cannot properly rule.
Another thing that is special about Sondok is that she loves astronomy, and she want's an observatory of her own so she can learn to read the stars and their meaning.
But in Korea at that time it was not considered proper for a woman to study astronomy, but Sondok refused to give up hope that someday she will be an astronomer and rule Korea with wisdom. This book is good, except I have read better. It certainly isn't boring, though. I thought the part about the New Year's festivals was very well done.
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Summary: A very good book
Review: Sondok Orincess of the Moon and Stars is an awseome book! It might not be my favorite but i still recomend it. It's about Sondok, a princess living in Korea. She loves astronomy but must study the stars in secret because women aren't aloud to do varius things. Through the book she need to prove women rule(how true), that the Chinese are WRONG, and try to get her father to build her a abservitory. Also she likes a guy she can't marry(bummer) AND has a anti women Chinese teacher who is SO boring. The only problem with this book is that she refers to her diary as Grandmother (It's supposed to be an ancestrial jar thing) Read the book it is very good! I also reccomend Cleopatra, Jahnara, Eleanor, and Marie Antanoite.
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Summary: Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars
Review: This book is about Princess Sondok. Because her mother wasn't able to bore a son, Sondok was chosen as heir to the throne. The young princess dreams of building an astronomical tower, but her father refuses for she is a girl. She tries to befriend the arrogant Chinese ambassador, Lord Lin Fang, but he finds it impossible and strange for a woman to rule in her own right. While Lin Fang stays, he is asked to teach Sondok and her sisters about Confucianism when they are Buddhist. A problem brews so she decides to go to a mudang, a shaman, as her last resort. I just finished this book a few hours ago. I thought it was terrific! Since I am Korean, I was really eager to get it and read through its pages. The problem is, there's a bit of wrong information in there. Like the part about the hwarangs practicing Tae Kwon Do (which is pronounced tek-kwon-do, BTW). Hwarangs practiced Um Yang Kwon!!!!! Plus, Tae Kwon Do wasn't even made then!! It was born hundreds of years later! And chima? It's a dress. The ladies of the court wore hanboks! Well, at least I was able to read the Korean correctly. Anyway, even if it had a bit of wrong info, the story was great!
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Summary: Sondok: Princess of the Moon & Stars,Korea, 595 A.D.
Review: This Book is about Sondok,Princess of Silla(present day South Korea). Sondok has a lot of troubles for a 14 year old girl.Her mother becomes a nun and leaves her because she failed to produce a male heir. Sondok has a dream to build a observetory. But because of her gender, it is forbidden. Oh,and she is also the future Queen of Silla. Sondok was the first Queen to rule in her own right.
If you like this book I Guarantee you will like Lady of Ch'iao Kuo, Warrior of the South, Southern China, 531 A.D.
This book is about Princess Red Bird. She is 16 years old. She is Princess of The Hesian People in southern China.
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Summary: What a wonder!
Review: This book is really great. Read it!
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