{"product_id":"finding-my-voice-paperback","title":"Finding My Voice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Myung-Ok Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking Own Voices YA classic from Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee, reissued with a new foreword from \u003ci\u003eWicked Fox \u003c\/i\u003eauthor Kat Cho.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSeventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But hers is the only Korean American family in town, and her classmates in Arkin, Minnesota, will never let her forget that she's different. 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 a life she never imagined, one that defies the expectations of both her core friend group and her strict parents. But even as she stands up to racism at school and disapproval at home, all while pursuing a romance with Tomper, Ellen discovers that her greatest challenge is one she never expected: finding the courage to speak up and raise her voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie Myung-Ok Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two other YA novels: \u003ci\u003eNecessary Roughness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaying Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to \u003ci\u003eFinding My Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the middle grade novels \u003ci\u003eIf It Hadn't Been for Yoon Jun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNight of the Chupacabras\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books have won multiple awards, including Friends of American Writers, New York Public Library's Best Books for the Teen Age, and NCTE's Children's Choice. She has been a judge for the National Book Awards, a Fulbright Fellow, and was one of the first Korean American journalists allowed into North Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767886119200,"sku":"9781641292900","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/050c761b635dca5ce4e56c7f7b9ec778.webp?v=1780319459","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/finding-my-voice-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}