Description:
Cassie doesn't feel at home in her hometown in California. So when her family moves to South Korea, where her parents were born and raised, she thinks life might be easier. But Cassie soon learns she is wrong. Despite being ethnically Korean, there is so much about her that is American-- parts of her she can't erase. Yet there are just as many parts of her that are Korean, too. From English to Korean, chocolate to ho-dduk, can Cassie find a language where she can wholly be loved?
Brief description: Christine Ko lives in New Haven, Connecticut, where she's never far from a good book or a piece of chocolate. She believes deeply in the power of stories to entertain, change, and connect us to one another. With her son, Owen, she is the author of a picture book, Sound Switch Wonder. She is also a practicing physician, with her first nonfiction book being How to Improve Doctor-Patient Connection: Using Psychology to Optimize Healthcare Interactions.