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Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom
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Suzy Kline |
t's the last day of second grade, and Song Lee's having a party at the amusement park to celebrate. Harry can't wait to go on all the rides, except for one--THE DROP OF DOOM. Will Harry face his fear… |
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Finding my hat
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John Son |
Jin-Han describes his life growing up with his mother and father, immigrants from Korea, and his little sister as they move to different cities with his parents' business. |
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The detention club
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David Yoo |
Sixth-grader Peter Lee, in a desperate attempt to regain the popularity he had in elementary school, discovers that serving detention can win him important friends, much to the dismay of his over-ach… |
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Tae's sonata
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Haemi Balgassi |
Tae, a Korean American eighth grader, tries to sort out her feelings when she is assigned a popular cute boy as a partner for a school report and later has a falling out with her best friend. |
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If it hadn't been for Yoon Jun
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Marie G. Lee |
As she reluctantly becomes friends with Yoon Jun, a new student from Korea, seventh grader Alice Larsen becomes more interested in learning about her own Korean background. |
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Night of the Chupacabra
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Marie G. Lee |
When Mi-Sun agrees to spend the summer working at a Mexican goat ranch with her brother, she expects a few months of adventure and hard work, not a mystery involving a mythical blood-sucking creature. |
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Finding my voice
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Marie G. Lee |
As she tries to enjoy her senior year and choose which college she will attend, Korean American Ellen Sung must deal with the prejudice of some of her classmates and pressure from her parents to get … |
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Juna's jar
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Jane Bahk |
After her best friend Hector moves away, Juna's brother Minho tries to make her feel better by finding things to put in her special kimchi jar, and each night, whatever's in the jar takes her on a ma… |
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No kimchi for me
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Aram Kim |
Yoomi hates stinky, spicy kimchi the pickled cabbage condiment served at Korean meals. So her brothers call her a baby and refuse to play with her. Yoomi is determined to eat kimchi. She tries to dis… |
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The way you make me feel
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Maurene Goo |
Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not t… |
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An American face
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Jan M. Czech |
Adopted from Korea by American parents, Jessie excitedly waits for the day he will get his American citizenship and, he thinks, an American face. |
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I believe in a thing called love
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Maurene Goo |
Desi Lee knows how carburetors work. She learned CPR at the age of five. As a high school senior, she has never missed a day of school and has never had a B in her entire life. She's for sure going t… |
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When you trap a tiger
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Tae Keller |
Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse … |
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My Name is Yoon
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Helen Recorvits |
Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country. |
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Yoon and the jade bracelet
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Helen Recorvits |
Although she really would have liked a jump rope for her birthday, Yoon is happy to receive a Korean picture book and a jade bracelet passed down from her grandmother, and when she wears the bracelet… |
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Project Mulberry
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Linda Sue Park |
While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, a… |
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Better than best
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Beverly Lewis |
Filled with competition fever, Jenna and her gymnastics teammates lose sight of their goal to work as a unit. |
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