The Sky is Where My Heart Is is a biography of the first woman pilot in the Republic of Korea named Kim, Kyung O (Kim for short in the story), who is mother of the book's author Jean Jiyoung Lee's. This real life story for 3rd through 6th graders follows a quiet but brave little girl born to a poor rural family. As a child, Kim had no toys to play with, but there was one thing that made her mind busy with all the imagination and dreams: the sky. Rain or shine, in peace or at war, at home or in another land, Kim was able to stay strong with her goal to be a pilot. Would you like to learn what happened to this small child who grew up with a dream to fly?