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4.5 stars. Awesome. I really liked how David Yoon wove in all the following into his story of Frank Li: humour, Frank's relationships with his parents, second generation immigrant experience, experiences of high-achieving students, and racism.
Without the author’s deft work to flesh out this character, with his sarcastic, humorous, sometimes confused, sometimes angry self at the centre of this narrative, this story would not have worked. Frank is gifted academically, but not particularly intellig ...more
Without the author’s deft work to flesh out this character, with his sarcastic, humorous, sometimes confused, sometimes angry self at the centre of this narrative, this story would not have worked. Frank is gifted academically, but not particularly intellig ...more
While superficially presented as a YA romance with a fake dating trope, this book is much more about the experience of being the child of immigrants and the intersections and bubbles of culture that this involves.
Frank Li is the child of Korean immigrants and a senior in high school. His parents have already cut off most contact to his older sister because she started a relationship with a non-Korean so when things start happening with a white girl Brit Means he hides the relationship by pretend ...more
Frank Li is the child of Korean immigrants and a senior in high school. His parents have already cut off most contact to his older sister because she started a relationship with a non-Korean so when things start happening with a white girl Brit Means he hides the relationship by pretend ...more
Jul 16, 2019
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marked it as to-read
Sep 05, 2019
Carrie
marked it as to-read
