📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖
by David Yoon
It’s an
unspoken rule that Frank Li’s parents want him to date only Korean American
girls. Which would be fine except Britt is European American, and she is who
Frank finds himself flirting with and kissing. Enter Joy, who, like Frank, is
Korean American and expected to date another Korean American. Except, Joy’s boyfriend
is not Korean American. To appease their respective parents and see who they
want, Frank and Joy decide to fake a relationship. Of course, with fake dating,
there are always complications.
This book
is more than a romance story, but frankly (pun intended) adding the drama Frank
has with his family and the struggles of being a senior and applying to college
take away the fun of summarizing it. However, it doesn’t take away from the
story (well okay, maybe one storyline could have been taken out, in my opinion)
and romance drama. Yoon weaves in racism, classism, and other forms of
prejudice in a way that tackles the topics wonderfully. The characters are all
well written and realistic, with Frank as a terrific narrator telling the whole story.
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