{"id":46177,"date":"2019-12-12T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=46177"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:14:03","slug":"almost-american-girl-by-robin-ha-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/almost-american-girl-by-robin-ha-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost American Girl by Robin Ha [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe End of the World as I Know It\u201d \u2013 Robin Ha\u2019s first chapter heading \u2013 happened when she was 14. As a student in 1995 in Seoul, Korea, Ha was mostly a typical teenager, enjoying close friendships, studying hard, and obsessed with reading \u2013 and drawing \u2013 comics. That she lives with just her single working mother occasionally caused clucking gossip and bullying at school, but Ha\u2019s two-person household was exactly right for parent and child.<\/p>\n

While past vacations took the pair to touristy destinations like Hawaii and Singapore, this year, Ha\u2019s mother announces they\u2019re flying to Alabama, where they ultimately land in the Kim family home of three immigrant generations. When Ha\u2019s mother shockingly reveals she\u2019s marrying the recently divorced Mr. Kim, returning to Korea is no longer an option.<\/p>\n

With unblinking honesty and raw vulnerability, Ha\u2019s debut graphic memoir captures her often excruciating journey toward creating, 24 years later, \u201ca new identity that I now love.\u201d Silenced by lack of English, abused by racist students, even manipulated by a step-cousin, Ha’s her first American year is an arduous ordeal. Presented in full-color splendor, her energetic style mirrors the constant motion of her adolescent self, navigating the peripatetic turbulence toward adulthood from Seoul to Alabama to Virginia and back to Seoul \u2013 just for a visit \u2013 before finally arriving home<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: modified from “Graphic Novels,” Booklist<\/em>, November 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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