| Author/Contributor(s): | Wuertz, Yoojin Grace |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Date: | 5/25/2027 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
A Korean-American's girl's life changes overnight when she meets the family she never knew existed: a teenage cousin who just defected from North Korea—a stunning YA debut perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Min Jin Lee.
Fifteen-year-old Ellie’s family history has always been a closed book, one she’s desperate to read. Then her extremely private grandmother, Halmoni, reveals two life-changing secrets: They have relatives still living in North Korea, and one of them—Ellie’s estranged seventeen-year-old cousin—has escaped and is coming to live with them.
For Yeji, America is a dream glimpsed only through black-market movies. But now, after escaping North Korea, she’s trading a life of fear and survival for a crash course in the American teen experience: high school drama, pool parties, cute boys, and an overwhelming amount of freedom.
As Ellie helps Yeji navigate her new life, she’s also trying to understand what Halmoni is hiding. While Ellie searches for answers, Yeji is focused on something far more urgent: finding a way to save the family she left behind.
As the cousins grow closer, they uncover long-buried truths, forcing three generations of women to confront the stories they’ve inherited, the secrets they’ve kept, and the people they refuse to abandon.