Finding My Voice
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
ISBN: 9781641291972
Published: 01/12/2020
Pricing
Hardcover $$18.99
eBook $$10.99
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Description
THE GROUNDBREAKING OWN VOICES CLASSIC BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE
Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But the racist bullies of Arkin, Minnesota, will never let her forget that she’s different—the youngest member of the only Korean-American family i...
THE GROUNDBREAKING OWN VOICES CLASSIC BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE
Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But the racist bullies of Arkin, Minnesota, will never let her forget that she’s different—the youngest member of the only Korean-American family in town. At the start of senior year, Ellen finds herself falling for Tomper Sandel, a football player who is popular and blond and undeniably cute . . . and to her surprise, he falls for her, too. Now Ellen has a chance at life she never imagined, one that defies the expectations of hanging out with her core group of friends or pleasing her parents. But is her romance with Tomper strong enough to withstand hometown bigotry and her family’s disapproval?
Media
“A quintessential teen book about trying to navigate high school and find some semblance of belonging . . . I am so happy that Finding My Voice is finding new life for a whole new generation of readers.”
—Kat Cho, author of Wicked Fox from the Foreword
“A beautifully written coming-of-age romance about a high school senior's final months in her small, racist hometown.”
Buzzfeed
“Honestly rendered, and never didactic, the story allows readers first to flinch in recognition and then to look into their own hearts”