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Frank Li faces a clash between first love and family rules. He lives in Southern California and will soon finish high school. He studies for his final exam and makes music. His strict Korean parents moved there from their home country. They expect him to keep their customs. They also plan to choose whom he will marry. But Frank has fallen for a white girl. Hiding his feelings puts his sense of self at risk.

David Yoon’s novel for young adults mixes humor with growing pains. It explores racism, family ties, and love in its many forms. It also looks at how some people have unfair advantages. Others face harsh limits on their rights and lives. Yoon draws on his own childhood with parents who moved countries. This shapes how he sees life between two cultures.

The novel won gold in the California Book Award’s young adult category. For this edition, Ruxandra Gogu translated the text from English.