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Young Ju is just a child when her family emigrates from Korea to the United States, but she’s not too young to be excited about the “heaven” she expects to find there. Unfortunately for Young, the US is anything but heaven. Especially for her family. Especially with a father like hers. But everything isn’t bleak in this affecting coming-of-age story. And though Young often feels pulled in two directions—lured by the tug of American friends and an American lifestyle, yet suffocated by a father who can’t forget his homeland—she does manage to carve out her own identity, her own little place in the world. Not heaven exactly, but someplace where she does find happiness.
Genre: Fiction (YA)
Jenny’s rating (out of 5 stars): 4.5
You’ll like this book if: You like stories that balance the pain of real life with hope and resilience.
You won’t like this book if: Reading about difficult parent-child relationships disturbs you.
