Maurene Goo

A disaster in romance, high school senior Desi Lee decides to tackle her flirting failures by watching Korean television dramas, where the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten.

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

An NPR Best Book of 2018 A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018 A We Need Diverse Books 2018 Must-Read A TAYSHAS 2019 Reading List Book From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck. 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 has to leave her old self behind? With Maurene Goo's signature warmth and humor, The Way You Make Me Feel is a relatable story of falling in love and finding yourself in the places you’d never thought to look.

The Way You Make Me Feel

A Cosmopolitan Best Young Adult Book of 2019 Sparks fly between a K pop starlet and a tabloid reporter in this heartwarming rom-com from Maurene Goo. 10:00 p.m.: Lucky is the biggest K-pop star on the scene, and she’s just performed her hit song “Heartbeat” in Hong Kong to thousands of adoring fans. She’s about to debut on The Tonight Show in America, hopefully a breakout performance for her career. But right now? She’s in her fancy hotel, trying to fall asleep but dying for a hamburger. 11:00 p.m.: Jack is sneaking into a fancy hotel, on assignment for his tabloid job that he keeps secret from his parents. On his way out of the hotel, he runs into a girl wearing slippers, a girl who is single-mindedly determined to find a hamburger. She looks kind of familiar. She’s very cute. He’s maybe curious. 12:00 a.m.: Nothing will ever be the same. With her trademark humor and voice, Maurene Goo delivers a sparkling story of taking a chance on love—and finding yourself along the way.

Somewhere Only We Know

Julie Murphy

Ellen Hopkins

Amy Reed

Hannah Moskowitz

Tracy Deonn

Nina LaCour

Christine Day

Anna-Marie McLemore

Aisha Saeed

Amber Smith

Sona Charaipotra

Brandy Colbert

Sandhya Menon

Alexandra Duncan

Stephanie Kuehnert

Jenny Torres Sanchez

Jaye Robin Brown

Ilene (I.W.) Gregorio

Somaiya Daud

Martha Brockenbrough

“Truthful and empowering.” —Booklist From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Nina LaCour, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an “outstanding anthology” (School Library Connection) of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including award-winning and bestselling writers—touches on a powerful range of topics related to growing up female in today’s America, and the intersection with race, religion, and ethnicity. Sure to inspire hope and solidarity to anyone who reads it, Our Stories, Our Voices belongs on every young woman’s shelf. This anthology features essays from Martha Brockenbrough, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Brandy Colbert, Somaiya Daud, Christine Day, Alexandra Duncan, Ilene Wong (I.W.) Gregorio, Maurene Goo. Ellen Hopkins, Stephanie Kuehnert, Nina LaCour, Anna-Marie LcLemore, Sandhya Menon, Hannah Moskowitz, Julie Murphy, Aisha Saeed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Amber Smith, and Tracy Walker.

21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America

Our Stories, Our Voices

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Fifteen-year-old Holly Kim, the copy editor 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.

Since You Asked...

From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an anthology of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including award-winning and bestselling writers—touches on a powerful range of topics related to growing up female in today’s America, and the intersection with race, religion, and ethnicity. Sure to inspire hope and solidarity to anyone who reads it, Our Stories, Our Voices belongs on every young woman’s shelf. This anthology features essays from Martha Brockenbrough, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Brandy Colbert, Somaiya Daud, Christine Day, Alexandra Duncan, Ilene Wong (I.W.) Gregorio, Maurene Goo. Ellen Hopkins, Stephanie Kuehnert, Nina LaCour, Anna-Marie LcLemore, Sandhya Menon, Hannah Moskowitz, Julie Murphy, Aisha Saeed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Amber Smith, and Tracy Walker.

"As a teenager, Cindy Moon was bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, giving her powers similar to those of the Amazing Spider-Man: adhesion and a precognitive awareness of danger. Unlike Spidey, she shoots versatile webs out of her fingertips! Targeted by dangerous people for her powers, she was locked in a bunker for over a decade. Since rejoining the world, she found her missing parents, rescued her little brother and saved the Multiverse. She's been a double agent, a new agent of Atlas and a cofounder of the Order of the Web. But most just know her as the web-spinning superhero....Silk" -- title page.

Threats and Menaces

Silk Vol. 1

Um Lugar So Nosso

NO HAY NADA QUE NO PUEDAS LOGRAR SI SIGUES UN PLAN. INCLUSO ENAMORARTE. Cuando Desi conoce a Luca decide que ha llegado la hora de dejar atrás su mala racha en el amor y, para conquistarlo, se vale de su mayor talento: la organización. Robando ideas de los dramas de tv coreanos, realiza una serie de pasos para llegar a su corazón. Al fin y al cabo, todo en su vida lo ha conseguido con un plan y cada drama tiene su final feliz. ¿Qué podría salir mal?

Creo en una cosa llamada amor

Sem querer, Sam é transportada no tempo e vai parar no início anos 90. Agora, para conseguir voltar ao presente, ela vai ter que unir forças com quem jamais imaginaria: sua mãe. Samantha King está prestes a terminar o ensino médio. A pressão sobre o futuro não é nada perto das brigas com a mãe, Priscilla, que desaprova todas as suas escolhas. Após uma discussão, Samantha pede um carro de aplicativo que a transporta no tempo direto para os anos 90 — mais especificamente, para a adolescência de sua mãe. Nessa nova realidade, Sam precisa se adaptar a um mundo com pouca tecnologia, roupas estranhas e preconceitos menos velados, enquanto tenta ajudar sua mãe a impedir um trauma que a marcou pelo resto da vida. Como se tudo isso já não fosse o suficiente, Sam ainda precisa lidar com seus próprios sentimentos amorosos, que atravessam as épocas. Entre calças jeans de cintura baixa e celulares sem internet, Maurene Goo nos apresenta o romance perfeito sobre relações familiares e como às vezes precisamos chegar nos lugares mais inusitados para descobrir quem somos — e quem queremos nos tornar.

De volta aos anos 90

Silk#1

Creo en una cosa llamada amor / I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Be prepared to swoon in this irresistible rom-com about taking a chance on love and finding yourself along the way. Perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Kissing Booth. Soon to be a Netflix feature-film. 10:00 p.m.: Lucky is the biggest K-pop star on the scene, and she's just performed her hit song "Heartbeat" in Hong Kong to thousands of adoring fans. She's about to debut on The Tonight Show in America, hopefully a breakout performance for her career. But right now? She's in her fancy hotel, trying to fall asleep but dying for a hamburger. 11:00 p.m.: Jack is sneaking into a fancy hotel, on assignment for his tabloid job that he keeps secret from his parents. On his way out of the hotel, he runs into a girl wearing slippers, a girl who is single-mindedly determined to find a hamburger. She looks kind of familiar. She's very cute. He's maybe curious. 12:00 a.m.: Nothing will ever be the same. With her trademark humour and voice, Maurene Goo delivers a sparkling story of taking a chance on love - and finding yourself along the way. 'Maurene Goo has built a following with her breezy, pop-culture-savvy romantic comedies' New York Times

A swoony summer read, perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Kissing Booth. Soon to be a Netflix feature film. 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 Honeycut, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) on the truck next door is pretty cute. Maybe Clara's estranged mom deserves a second chance. What if taking these relationships seriously means leaving her old self behind? A heart-warming and hilarious story of friendship, romance, and discovering that even when life gets serious, it can still be seriously fun from author, Maurene Goo. 'Maurene Goo has built a following with her breezy, pop-culture-savvy romantic comedies' New York Times

Who knew falling in love for the first time would be so dramatic? Maurene Goo's pop-culture-savvy rom-coms are the perfect combination of humour and heart - perfect reads for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Kissing Booth. Desi Lee knows how carburettors work. She learned CPR at the age of five. As a high school senior, she has never missed a day of school and never had a B. But in her charmed school life, there's one thing missing - she's never had a boyfriend. In fact, she's a known disaster in romance, a clumsy, stammering humiliation magnet. When the hottest human specimen to have ever lived walks into her life one day, Desi decides it's time to tackle her flirting failures. She finds her answer in the Korean dramas her father has watched obsessively for year - in which the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten. Armed with her "K Drama Rules for True Love," Desi goes after the moody, elusive artist Luca Drakos. All's fair in love and Korean dramas, right? But when the fun and games turn to feelings, Desi finds out that real-life love is about way more than just drama. Maurene Goo's I Believe in a Thing Called Love is a fun, heart-warming story of falling in love - for real.

I Believe In A Thing Called Love

Desi nunca se deu bem no amor — até decidir transformar a própria vida em uma novela coreana. Desi Lee acredita que tudo é possível, basta ter um plano. Foi assim, com método e disciplina, que se tornou a aluna mais brilhante do colégio e uma atleta talentosa. É apenas no amor que Desi nunca se dá bem, colecionando uma sucessão de desastres quando se trata de garotos. Depois de protagonizar mais um desastre na frente de Luca, um jovem recém-chegado à cidade que logo atrai seu interesse, a garota passa um fim de semana assistindo a k-dramas, certa de que os finais felizes só existem nas novelas coreanas que seu pai tanto ama. É aí que ela se dá conta de que naquelas histórias também existe uma fórmula, um passo a passo que ela poderia seguir — e conquistar Luca. Em pouco tempo, sua vida se transforma em um enredo digno de um dorama. Mas ao contrário do que acontece na TV, isso pode não ser o suficiente para ela alcançar seu final feliz...

Isso que a gente chama de amor

No, no one asked, but Holly Kim will tell you what she thinks anyway. Fifteen-year-old Holly Kim is the copyeditor for her high school's newspaper. When she accidentally submits an article that rips everyone to shreds, she gets her own column and rants her way through the school year. Can she survive homecoming, mean-girl cliques, jocks, secret admirers, Valentine's Day, and other high school embarrassments, all while struggling to balance her family's traditional Korean values? In this hilarious debut, Maurene Goo takes a fresh look at trying to fit in without conforming to what's considered "normal" in high school and how to manage parental expectations without losing one's individuality...or being driven insane.

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