58 pages • 1 hour read
Ellen OhFinding Junie Kim
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Book 3Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Book 3: “Junie”
Book 3, Chapter 16 Summary
Junie witnesses Grandpa crying for the first time. He tells her that he was lucky because the beating was the worst of his suffering.
She asks about Sunjin. He gives a summary of events in Korea after the war. He tells her about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission created to investigate wartime massacres more than 40 years later. He admits to pretending that Sunjin survived but knows that he died years ago when he was still a boy.
Grandpa warns Junie that silence in the face of evil is also wrong.
Junie asks about Gunwoo and is upset that he was not punished. Grandpa chides her, asking her to empathize with Gunwoo, who was also young and hurt.
Junie makes comparisons between Doha’s friendships and her own and feels that her negativity was also a betrayal of her friends. Grandpa reassures her that she is good and can be a better friend. Grateful, Junie reflects on Grandpa, the war, and her history project.
Book 3, Chapter 17 Summary
At home, Junie considers how to make up with Patrice and her friends when Patrice and Amy come to see her. She is reluctant to speak about it but admits that she has depression.
