Her books have been widely anthologized in educational reading series Halmoni and the Picnic was included in Celebrate, Invitation to Literacy Series, Houghton Mifflin, 1996, and Literature Works textbook series, Silver Burdett Ginn, 1997 The Best Older Sister was included in My Time to Shine reading series, Scott Foresman, 2000, and Lectura Sigo yo, sigo yo reading series in Spanish, Scott Foresman, 2000 Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip was included in the Horizons reading series, Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Also in 1997, she published The Best Older Sister, an easy reader for elementary-school students. After this trilogy, Choi wrote Halmoni and the Picnic (1993) and Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip (1997), two children's picture books. The novel portrays the challenges that Sookan must face in learning and adjusting to a culture completely different from her own. Gathering of Pearls (1994) is the last of Choi's trilogy and follows Sookan as she travels to the United States to go to college. Once again, Sookan and her family are forced on the run. The story is set in South Korea and portrays the invasion by North Korea, as supported by Russia and China, into the lower portion of the Korean Peninsula. In Choi's second novel, Echoes of the White Giraffe (1993), the protagonist, Sookan, is a teenager. The story covers her incredible escape to South Korea. Year of Impossible Goodbyes was Choi's first novel, published in 1991. Since all of Choi's novels are based on her personal experience, her books can be read as a journey through her life. After twenty years of teaching Choi retired and devoted her time to her writing. She taught in New York City and Massachusetts schools. After college, Sook Nyul Choi worked for a brief time for her husband, a Korean businessman.
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