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Bestsellers
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
- By: Zoulfa Katouh
- Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility....
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Heart wrenching
- By Lee A. Flowers on 05-01-23
By: Zoulfa Katouh
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The Poet X
- By: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking....
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Better
- By KSS on 01-09-19
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American Street
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this debut novel, Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture....
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A lot to unpack
- By AudioBookHoe on 07-18-17
By: Ibi Zoboi
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Before We Were Free
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family....
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Talented Author Left Much To Be Expected Narrating
- By Lily on 01-08-18
By: Julia Alvarez
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Pride
- A Pride & Prejudice Remix
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic....
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Every girl from the hood needs to listen to this
- By Kiana on 09-19-18
By: Ibi Zoboi
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The Astonishing Color of After
- By: Emily X.R. Pan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Hsu
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird....
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Worth Reading Until the End
- By Cynthia G. Gerwin on 10-07-18
By: Emily X.R. Pan
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
- By: Zoulfa Katouh
- Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility....
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Heart wrenching
- By Lee A. Flowers on 05-01-23
By: Zoulfa Katouh
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The Poet X
- By: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking....
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Better
- By KSS on 01-09-19
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American Street
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In this debut novel, Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture....
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A lot to unpack
- By AudioBookHoe on 07-18-17
By: Ibi Zoboi
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Before We Were Free
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Julia Alvarez
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family....
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Talented Author Left Much To Be Expected Narrating
- By Lily on 01-08-18
By: Julia Alvarez
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Pride
- A Pride & Prejudice Remix
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic....
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Every girl from the hood needs to listen to this
- By Kiana on 09-19-18
By: Ibi Zoboi
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The Astonishing Color of After
- By: Emily X.R. Pan
- Narrated by: Stephanie Hsu
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird....
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Worth Reading Until the End
- By Cynthia G. Gerwin on 10-07-18
By: Emily X.R. Pan
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We Are Not from Here
- By: Jenny Torres Sanchez
- Narrated by: Marisa Blake
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner....
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this book broke my heart and I love it.
- By Anonymous User on 03-29-22
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Seedfolks
- By: Paul Fleischman
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirteen lives. One garden. Set in Cleveland, Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman's poignant book is a large lesson in connectedness and community...
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Excellent to listen
- By Rina on 10-12-09
By: Paul Fleischman
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Superman: Dawnbreaker
- DC Icons Series
- By: Matt de la Peña
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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When Clark Kent follows the sound of a girl crying, he comes across Gloria Alvarez and discovers a dark secret lurking in Smallville. Turns out, Clark's not the only one hiding something....
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Bashed in the face with an intersectional 2X4
- By Cytoplasm on 03-08-19
By: Matt de la Peña
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Picture Us in the Light
- By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
- Narrated by: James Chen
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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When Danny discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined....
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A poignant, touching novel for the Asian American millennial
- By Jenny on 06-30-23
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No somos de aquí [We Are Not from Here]
- By: Jenny Torres Sánchez
- Narrated by: Andrea Castillo, Brenda Lara, Edgar Molina
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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La travesía llena de peligros, resiliencia, dolor y esperanza, de tres adolescentes guatemaltecos que cruzan la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos....
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Read this book
- By martha on 04-19-23
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Like a Love Story
- By: Abdi Nazemian
- Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose, Vikas Adam, Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing....
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A must read for all
- By Kelly *BookCrushin* on 06-13-19
By: Abdi Nazemian
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Each of Us a Desert
- By: Mark Oshiro
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes....
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Amazing Bilingual Queer-Celebrating Fiction
- By Elliott K on 04-11-21
By: Mark Oshiro
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Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
- By: Jennifer De Leon
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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First-generation American Latinx Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand....
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Stunning, funny, inspiring
- By Customer on 08-27-20
By: Jennifer De Leon
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Illegal
- Disappeared, Book 2
- By: Francisco X. Stork
- Narrated by: Roxana Ortega, Christian Barillas
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Emiliano and his sister Sara have successfully fled organized crime in Mexico, illegally crossing into the United States. But now, Sara is in jail, and Emiliano's reunion with their father in Chicago is more awkward than celebratory....
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Loved it
- By Sharon Campbell on 11-16-23
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The Go-Between
- By: Veronica Chambers
- Narrated by: Karla Souza
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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She is the envy of every teenage girl in Mexico City. Her mother is a glamorous telenovela actress. Her father is the go-to voice-over talent for blockbuster films....
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Loved the story, love the reading too, but..
- By Sarah on 05-01-18
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Red Glass
- By: Laura Resau
- Narrated by: Emma Bering
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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One night Sophie and her parents are called to a hospital where Pedro, 6-year-old Mexican boy, is recovering from dehydration....
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I love this book!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-12-17
By: Laura Resau
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Sanctuary
- By: Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher
- Narrated by: Paola Mendoza
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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Cofounder of the Women's March makes her YA debut in a near-future dystopian tale where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary....
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Detail
- By Luis Sosa on 04-05-24
By: Paola Mendoza, and others
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Butterfly Yellow
- By: Thanhhà Lai
- Narrated by: LuLu Lam
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms - and Hằng is left behind in the war-torn country....
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An incredible novel and incredible performance
- By Milw. Writer on 02-19-20
By: Thanhhà Lai
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Parachutes
- By: Kelly Yang
- Narrated by: Cassie Simone, Karissa Vacker
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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They’re called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she’d be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai....
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This book had way too many swear words
- By F. D. English on 10-13-20
By: Kelly Yang
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Antes de Ser Libres [Before We Were Free]
- By: Julia Alvarez
- Narrated by: Maria Siccardi
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of Anita de la Torre, a 12-year-old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960....
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A great follow-up to En el Tiempo de las Mariposas
- By Suzy Fox on 09-24-12
By: Julia Alvarez
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Living Beyond Borders
- Growing Up Mexican in America
- By: Margarita Longoria
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Kyla Garcia, Margarita Longoria
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, and poetry, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican Americans....
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Will buy the hard copy to keep forever
- By Anonymous User on 12-04-23
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Come On In
- 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home
- By: Adi Alsaid - editor
- Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera, Jonathan Todd Ross, Katherine Littrell, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors who are shaped by the journeys they and their families have taken from home - and to find home....
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When the Angels Left the Old Country
- By: Sacha Lamb
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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In publishing-speak, here's what we at the LQ office sometimes describe as the Queer lovechild of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth: Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl....
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loved this
- By Igeratabee on 10-13-23
By: Sacha Lamb
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Only This Beautiful Moment
- By: Abdi Nazemian
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Iman Nazemzadeh
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay.
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An inspiring surprise
- By PB on 04-08-24
By: Abdi Nazemian
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Lobizona: A Novel
- Wolves of No World, Book 1
- By: Romina Garber
- Narrated by: Sol Madariaga
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida....
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I couldn’t stop listening
- By Elizabeth Torres on 08-06-20
By: Romina Garber
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The Lines We Cross
- By: Randa Abdel-Fattah
- Narrated by: Tim Pocock, Candice Moll
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Michael usually concerns himself with basketball and hanging out with his friends, but every once in a while, his parents drag him to meetings and rallies with their anti-immigrant group....
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An absolutely phenomenal must read
- By enm on 11-04-20
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The Grief Keeper
- By: Alexandra Villasante
- Narrated by: Ana Osorio
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. Rosen, an elderly expat who had employed Marisol's mother as a maid....
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beautifully tragic
- By Anonymous User on 10-25-22
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
- By: Ben Philippe
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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A hilarious contemporary realistic YA debut novel about a rather cynical Black French Canadian teen who moves to Austin, Texas, and experiences the clichés and joys of the American high school experience - including falling in love....
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Heartwarming...but profuse profanity.
- By Dajah B. on 01-28-19
By: Ben Philippe
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I Guess I Live Here Now
- By: Claire Ahn
- Narrated by: Shannon Tyo
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Thanks to a tiny transgression after school one day, Melody is shocked to discover that her parents have decided to move her and her mom to join her father in Seoul—immediately! With barely a chance to say goodbye to her best friend, Melody is resentful and homesick....
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Enjoyed it!
- By Becky's Book Recs on 06-08-22
By: Claire Ahn