Book description
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.*…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Good Enough as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found this book when I
was in high school – it was the first story I had ever read that was by and
about an Asian person. Patti is desperately trying to abide by her parents’
rules and get into an Ivy League school, despite her Juilliard dreams. One of the
first books of its kind, and a story that still rings true today.
From E.L.'s list on that perfectly capture Asian American identity.
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