The One Thing You’d Save
Linda Sue Park
A teacher asks her class to imagine that their homes are on fire and choose one object to save after people and animals have already evacuated. The students answer in linked sijo poems, a Korean form dating to the fourteenth century. Their choices range from practical items, including glasses and medicine, to meaningful keepsakes such as a knitted sweater or a baseball-game program. Dialogue and monologues create a classroom conversation about what matters most.
This book appears on 5 reading lists across 2 editions from 5 organizations.
