In The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi, a Korean girl arrives at school in North America. The kids at school struggle to say her name and start suggesting new names for her. In the end, she chooses to keep her own name.

Yangsook Choi grew up in Korea and now lives in New York. She is an author and illustrator and started telling stories at age four to try and scare her grandma!

Write down the story of how you got your name. Does your name have a meaning in a different language? Is it the same name as one of your ancestors? Why did your parents choose that name for you?