Paula Yoo scores big in her hilarious debut novel about an
overachiever who longs to fit in and strives to stand out. The pressure
is on!
How to make your Korean parents happy:
1. Get a perfect score on the SATs.
2. Get into HarvardYalePrinceton.
3. Don't talk to boys.*
Patti's parents expect nothing less than the best from their
Korean-American daughter. Everything she does affects her chances of
getting into an Ivy League school. So winning assistant concertmaster
in her All-State violin competition and earning less than 2300 on her
SATs is simply not good enough.
But Patti's discovering that there's more to life than the Ivy League.
To start with, there's Cute Trumpet Guy. He's funny, he's talented, and
he looks exactly like the lead singer of Patti's favorite band. Then, of
course, there's her love of the violin. Not to mention cool rock
concerts. And anyway, what if Patti doesn't want to go to
HarvardYalePrinceton after all?
*Boys will distract you from your studies.