Maurene Goo
1) Throwback
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"Being a first-generation Asian American immigrant is hard. You know what's harder? Being the daughter of one. Priscilla is first-generation Korean American, a former high school cheerleader who expects Sam to want the same all-American nightmare. Meanwhile, Sam is a girl of the times who has no energy for clichéd high school aspirations. After a huge blowup, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead, finds herself thrown back. Way...
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Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad's business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara...
3) One & only
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"Cassia Park believes in soul mates. Fated love stories. It's her family business, after all ... for centuries, from Korea to Los Angeles. Park women have peered into clients' past lives to find their one true love, their fated. This magical secret is why One & Only Matchmaking has a 100% guarantee ... for everyone but Cassia. For ten years, Cassia has been searching for her fated, a man named Daniel Nam. But he's still nowhere to be found. And so,...
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Fifteen-year-old Holly Kim, the copyeditor for her San Diego high school's newspaper, accidentally submits a piece ripping everyone to shreds and suddenly finds herself the center of unwanted attention--but when the teacher in charge of the paper asks her to write a regular column her troubles really start.
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10:00 p. m.
Lucky es la estrella de K-pop del momento.
Con su voz de ángel, su peluca rosada y sus botas plateadas de infarto, acaba de hacer vibrar a todo Hong Kong al final de su exitosa gira por Asia. Y ahora está lista para conquistar el mundo: Estados Unidos la espera.
Pero en este momento... solo desea una cosa: una hamburguesa.
11:00 p.m.
Jack se cuela en un hotel elegante para conseguir una exclusiva para su trabajo secreto como paparazi.
Al...
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Silk (2021) volume 1
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Collects Silk (2021) #1-5. Silk's turbulent life has been turned upside down yet again! What's a young super hero to do? Probably not commit more robberies while undercover with the Black Cat's crew! Because when Silk's luck runs out and Felicia learns the truth about her seeming ally, that idea will definitely end in tears! Then, Cindy finds herself haunted by Spectro! Who is this spooky figure, and will he be a friendly ghost? Silk heads into the...
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"By day Cindy Moon is an intrepid reporter for the upstart new media empire Threats & Menaces, under her old boss J. Jonah Jameson. By night she's Silk, crime-fighting super hero! But Cindy's worlds are about to collide when her latest investigation puts Silk and everyone she loves in danger! Someone is killing gangsters in Queens, leaving behind a trail of blood and...fur? Who is this powerful new player in New York's underworld? Where did she come...
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This collection features stories from bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors.
An exceptional anthology exploring the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration-- written by YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants. Their characters face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands ... while also dancing at weddings, keeping diaries, teaching ESL. In presenting...