Blogs in July 2021

Lemon 2nd July 2021

In the summer of 2002, nineteen-year-old Kim Hae-on was murdered in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could...

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K-Pop Confidential 19th June 2021

Big dreams, rivalries and romance collide in this must-read YA novel for K-pop fans everywhere! ‘I’m still giddy over this electrifying, big-hearted, all-kill smash of a debut. I couldn’t put it down.’ BECKY ALBERTALLI, author of Simon vs. the...

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When You Trap a Tiger 13th June 2021

Winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal A hopeful, heartwarming story of a girl discovering her family’s past and present when she makes a deal with a magical tiger from her grandmother’s stories, the Korean version of “Once upon a...

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The Ocean Calls 6th June 2021

Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast of Jeju Island to pluck treasures from the sea – generations of Korean women have done so for centuries. To Dayeon, the haenyeo are...

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Heart and Seoul 3rd June 2021

A Korean adoptee living in the middle of Indiana, Hara Wilson has never felt a true sense of belonging – until a data breach from a DNA matching service reveals the name of her biological father. Hara knows that...

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