This a story of a Korean American high school senior who has to navigate his parents’ immigrant beliefs while also beginning to date. For anyone who has had to straddle both worlds, you’ll recognize what he goes through and how he feels. It's complex to try to be of two different cultures and invariably you fail at both.
You are never quite feel enough - enough Korean? Enough American? As a teen, how do you navigate those worlds and find your unique place? Frank Li is two different people at school and at home. He wants to do normal American teen things but his parents have different ideas - date a non-Korean? No way. But the heart wants what it wants. Enter the plan, fake date a Korean American in order to really see the girl of your dreams. Nothing can go wrong, right? The second half of the book is actually better written than the beginning as it moves from light high school tropes to deeper human emotions.
You are never quite feel enough - enough Korean? Enough American? As a teen, how do you navigate those worlds and find your unique place? Frank Li is two different people at school and at home. He wants to do normal American teen things but his parents have different ideas - date a non-Korean? No way. But the heart wants what it wants. Enter the plan, fake date a Korean American in order to really see the girl of your dreams. Nothing can go wrong, right? The second half of the book is actually better written than the beginning as it moves from light high school tropes to deeper human emotions.