Park, Patricia

When a microaggression at her wealthy Manhattan high school thrusts her into the spotlight, Alejandra Kim, a daughter of second-generation Korean Argentines who feels like an outcast, must carve out a place for herself while dealing with the loss of her father.

When a microaggression at her wealthy Manhattan high school thrusts her into the spotlight, Alejandra Kim, a daughter of second-generation Korean Argentines who feels like an outcast, must carve out a place for herself while dealing with the loss of her father.

"A Korean American teen tries to balance her dream to become a chef with the cultural expectations of her family when she enters the competitive world of a TV cooking show"--Provided by publisher.

When a microaggression at her wealthy Manhattan high school thrusts her into the spotlight, Alejandra Kim, a daughter of second-generation Korean Argentines who feels like an outcast, must carve out a place for herself while dealing with the loss of her father.

Jane Re--a half-Korean, half-American orphan--takes a position as an au pair for two Brooklyn academics and their daughter, but a brief sojourn in Seoul, where she reconnects with family, causes her to wonder if the man she loves is really the man for her as she tries to find balance between two cultures.

Desperate for a new life, Korean-American Jane Re is thrilled to get out of her strict Korean family by way of becoming the au pair for a wealthy Brooklyn family, which comes along with lectures on feminism, as well as the male attentions of Ed Farley. Then a family member dies in Seoul, calling a halt to Jane and Ed's growing romance. Jane struggles to learn the modern ways of Korea, and when she returns to America she realizes she has changed, maybe too much to keep up her relationship.