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• When You Trap a Tiger

  Keller, Tae

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  A touching story about family, loss, and cultural heritage. Lily’s widowed Korean-American mother decides to move her and her older sister to live with their “Halmoni” – grandmother in Korean. Halmoni often told Lily a story about a tiger. She…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragon Pearl

  Lee, Yoon Ha, 1979-

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  From 'Rick Riordan Presents' comes a space opera for younger teens, featuring Korean mythology elements and amazing characters. 13-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits, lives with her family in Jinju. One day, an ambassador from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wicked Fox

  Cho, Kat

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  An urban fantasy set in Seoul packed with Korean folklore and culture. Minyoung Gu is a half-Gumiho, a nine-tailed fox. Minyoung and her mother must try to keep a low profile as they get hunger for Gi - "the energy that emanated from all living…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rebel Seoul

  Oh, Axie

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  Immerse yourself in Seoul, Korea. This romantic sci-fi novel set in a future South Korea with incredibly diverse characters. Jaewon Lee is a student at a war academy and is determined to overcome his criminal past by becoming a loyal soldier. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Be the One

  Lee, Lyla

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  A fun, romcom about Korean-American Skye Shin, a plus-sized performer who's determined to become a K-Pop star! When Skye auditions for a televised competition, she must break the rules of society, her mother, and the Korean entertainment industry by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way You Make Me Feel

  Goo, Maurene

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  From Korean-American romance writer Maureen Goo comes a laugh-out-loud story of love, friendship, and growth. Prankster Clara Shin takes a joke too far and is sentenced by her dad to spend the summer working on his food-truck alongside her uptight…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eleanor & Park

  Rowell, Rainbow

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  A cute teen romance that's packed with so much more. Park is Korean-American, Eleanor is a 'big girl' judged for her weird fashion style. Despite these on-the-surface differences, Park and Eleanor discover they have so much common and romance grows.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankly in Love

  Yoon, David

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  This book is about a young American Korean teenager’s challenges and different approaches to family, school and friends as he attempts to find love. When Frank pretends to date Joy in order to hide their real, non-Korean partners from their parents,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emergency Contact

  Choi, Mary H. K.

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  Mary H.K. Choi is a Korean-American author. Penny Lee wants leaves her high-school life behind to study at a university miles away from home; Sam's life has become stuck, he lives in an empty storage room in a cafe he works at. When they cross…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silence of Bones

  Hur, June

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  An historical mystery that is vividly described. Set in Korea in the 1800s, an orphaned 16-year-old girl assists a young inspector in the investigation of a murder. She quickly becomes entangled with the dark secrets and political intrigue…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

  Cho, Nam-ju, 1978-

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  Adult Fiction. This best-selling book led to controversy in Korea as debates sprung up around sexism and its stereotype in Korea. The main character Kim Ji-Young, is described as an everyday woman, and readers observe her from an outside perspective…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• At Dusk

  Hwang, Sŏg-yŏng, 1943-

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  Adult Fiction. From the famous novelist and storyteller, Sok-Young Hwang comes another Korean historical novel. Nostalgia pervades "At Dusk" as Hwang paints a vivid picture of a Seoul from decades gone by. "At Dusk" makes modern Korean history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The White Book

  Han, Kang, 1970-

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  Adult Fiction. From the author Kang Han, a Man Booker International Prize-winner. "The White Book" is elegant, short and poetic, and whose use of white spaces and empty pages captures the emotion of our nameless narrator as she reckons with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation