This book is appropriate for primary readers.
This book is about a young girl who wants to become a haenyeo or "woman of the sea" (a diver) like her grandma.
This book would be useful in teaching about the roles that women play in different cultures and facing fears.

Interesting story about the tradition of haenyeo in South Korea - Korean women free dive for abalones and other gifts of the sea. Highlights the animals in the ocean, how the divers remain in sync with the ocean's animals and tides. Would be a good book to display with current summer reading theme. ( )

This is a book about a young girl and her grandma and they go scuba diving and she pretends that they're mermaids, this story is good to show because it shows the historical context while also adding imagination into it. Good for ages 2nd-4th. ( )

The story is well written and the illustrations are very nice, but I had trouble with the chosen subject. The Haenyeo are female Korean sea divers. This is the story of a young girl learning to dive with her grandmother. After the story we learn that the real haenyeo truly use no breathing equipment and have a 17 pound lead belt and add up to 60 pounds of harvest to it. The idea of a young girl doing such a hard and dangerous job when modern technology could do it in a safer way bothered me. ( )