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1	Name Jar more books like this by Yangsook Choi add to wishlist A young Korean girl, Unhei, who is new to her American classroom, tells the class she will choose a name easier for them to pronounce from jar of names. When a classmate visits Unhei's neighborhood and learns her real name's special meaning, the name jar disappears, and Unhei's new friends encourage her to keep her Korean name. Full-color ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Native Speaker more books like this by Chang-Rae Lee add to wishlist As his marriage unravels, Henry Park, a second-generation Korean-American, subverts the values of his traditional Korean family and becomes a spy for Glimmer & Company, a small information-gathering outfit in Purchase, NY. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Still Life with Rice: A Young American Woman Discovers the Life and Legacy of Her Korean Grandmother more books like this by Helie Lee add to wishlist In this radiant memoir of her grandmother's life, Lee recreates a culture that is both seductively exotic and strangely familiar. Lee's desire to recover the family's history, as well as to understand the intricate weave of her own identity, results in the exploration of universal issues such as the complex nature of family relations and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Comfort Woman more books like this by Nora Okja Keller add to wishlist A novel about a Korean-American girl growing up in Hawaii who struggles to uncover her mother's secret--that she was sold into prostitution by the Japanese in World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Archer's Quest more books like this by Linda Sue Park add to wishlist The Newbery Medal-winning author of "A Single Shard" delivers a funny and suspenseful adventure, incorporating intriguing bits of Korean history and lore that will captivate even reluctant readers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Step from Heaven more books like this by An Na add to wishlist Young Ju Park is 5 years old when her family emigrates from Korea to the United States. Young Ju has dreams that life in America will be wonderful, but as time passes, she becomes more and more aware of her father's sexism, growing depression, and increasingly violent behavior. This story traces Young Ju's life from childhood to early adulthood ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Good Enough more books like this by Paula Yoo add to wishlist The author of the picture book "Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story" scores big in her hilarious debut novel about an overachieving Korean-American teenager who longs to fit in and strives to stand out. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.17! \| SVS
8	A Person of Interest more books like this by Susan Choi add to wishlist Intricately plotted and emotionally riveting, "A Person of Interest" asks how far one man can run from his past, and explores the impact of scrutiny and suspicion in an age of terror. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Edinburgh more books like this by Alexander Chee add to wishlist In Chee's novel, which does not take place in Edinburgh, Aphias Fee is a young Korean boy growing up in Maine. Along with many other choirboys, he is molested by the director of the Pine State Boys Chorus, a situation the boys tolerate for years out of feelings of guilt and fear. It is not until he grows up that Fee understands certain things ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Families Are Different more books like this by Nina Pellegrini add to wishlist An adopted Korean girl discovers that her classmates have different types of families. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.60! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Quiet Odyssey more books like this by Mary Paik Lee add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Free Food for Millionaires more books like this by Min Jin Lee add to wishlist Casey Han's four years at Princeton have given her a refined diction, an enviable golf handicap, a popular white boyfriend, and a magna cum laude degree in economics. Her parents are Korean immigrants desperately trying to hold onto their culture and identity, while Casey navigates New York's world of haves and have-nots. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Interpreter more books like this by Suki Kim add to wishlist A young Korean-American woman named Suzy Park, who works as an interpreter in New York City's court system, discovers a shocking truth about her own family in the course of her work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Asian Americans in Class: Charting the Achievement Gap Among Korean American Youth more books like this by Jamie Lew, Jean Anyon (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book challenges the "model minority" stereotype of Asian American students as a critical step toward educating all children well. Focusing on Korean American youth in New York City schools, Jamie Lew compares high-achieving students attending a competitive magnet high school with students who have dropped out of a neighborhood high school. ... see all copies from $22.13! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	Horrible Harry and the Dragon War more books like this by Suzy Kline, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator) add to wishlist Harry and Song Lee have been best friends since kindergarten. But ever since Miss Mackle let them work together on a project about dragons, Song Lee hasn't spoken to Harry. Will someone wave the white flag soon? Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Kimchi & Calamari more books like this by Rose Kent add to wishlist A wide range of readers can relate to Joseph's story--those who are adopted, have mixed-race heritage, or those caught between their parents' culture and the culture where they live now. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.58! \| signed copies \| SVS
17 view cover	Kept: A Comedy of Sex and Manners more books like this by Y Euny Hong add to wishlist Snob chic meets social satire in this wickedly funny debut novel about a fallen member of the Korean royal family who becomes a courtesan once her family stops footing her bills. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Queen of Tears more books like this by Chris McKinney add to wishlist "[McKinney] has a keen eye for details of places and people. The storyline is well developed. . . . McKinney is pitch-perfect on the social and racial climate of Hawaiians, Asians, immigrants, mixed-bloods, and whites (haoles). . . . The frequent dialogues are crisp and pointed and the sharply etched characters and often biting dialogue make The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions
19 view cover	My Name Is Yoon more books like this by Helen Recorvits, Gabi Swiatkowska (Illustrator) add to wishlist A Korean girl named Yoon works to adapt to life in a different culture when she and her family immigrate to the United States. Color illustrations accompany the text. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $3.36! new only from $6.81! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters more books like this by Annie Choi add to wishlist Meet Annie Choi. She fears cable cars and refuses to eat anything that casts a shadow. Her brother thinks chicken is a vegetable. Her father occasionally starts fires at work. Her mother collects Jesus trading cards and wears plaid like it's a job. No matter how hard Annie and her family try to understand one another, they often come up ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
21 view cover	Falling Up more books like this by Melody Carlson add to wishlist Kim's stress levels skyrocket as she - still grieving her mother's death - must deal with her father's job loss, an unpredictable boyfriend, and her best friend who's pregnant...by Caitlin O'Conner's brother! see all copies from $3.10! new only from $3.90! \| SVS
22 view cover	Halmoni's Day more books like this by Edna Coe Bercaw add to wishlist When Jennifer's Korean halmoni, or grandmother, makes the trip from overseas to visit the family and also participate in Grandparents' Day at school, Jennifer is nervous because she feels that there are so many cultural differences between them. As Grandparents' Day dawns, Jennifer learns that Halmoni is not so different after all. With color ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Babies Can't Eat Kimchee! more books like this by Susan L Roth, Nancy Patz (Illustrator) add to wishlist When a baby sister comes along, it seems she is just too little for anything! Will she ever be big enough to play? To whisper secrets? To eat kimchee? Will she always lie there? Scream for no reason? Be so helpless and little? When a baby sister is just TOO LITTLE to do anything, what's her big sister to do but wait and wait and WAIT . . . and ... see all copies from $4.04! new only from $6.68!
24 view cover	Finding My Voice more books like this by Marie G Lee add to wishlist Even as she's enjoying her senior year and her newfound romance with the popular Tomper, Ellen Sung--the only Korean-American student in her small school--must deal with prejudice from some of her classmates and pressure from her strict parents to follow her scholarly older sister to Harvard. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	Good as Lily more books like this by Derek Kirk Kim add to wishlist After she breaks a haunted piata on her 18th birthday, versions of Grace Kwon at ages 6, 29, and 70 appear and become a part of he high school life. But it just may be the dark secret shes kept hidden about her younger sister, Lily, that stands between Grace and her past, present, and future. Young adult. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.44! \| SVS

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