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Celebrate Korean American Day

Celebrated annually on January 13th, Korean American Day commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States in 1903.

View and download our curated list of Korean American authors for all readers available at Parkland Community Library.

We Recommend

Our expert staff members have selected some great reads! View more selections in our catalog and download the reading list.

Booklist

Bee-bim Bop!

Written by: Linda Sue Park
Illustrated by: Ho Baek Lee

A child, eager for a favorite meal, helps with the shopping, food preparation, and table setting.

    Super Fake Love Song

    Written by: David Yoon

    When self-proclaimed nerd Sunny Dae meets Cirrus Soh, she mistakes Sunny’s older brother Gray’s bedroom, with its electric guitars and rock posters, for Sunny’s own. He sort of, kind of, accidentally winds up telling her he’s the front man of a rock band. Now Sunny is knee-deep in the lie and begs his best friends into forming a fake band with him. When Cirrus asks to see them play, people start noticing him in the hallways. Now Sunny is going to football games and parties, feeling more confident, falling in love– and having fun. As his lies begin to catch up, was it all worth it?

      O Beautiful

      Written by: Jung Yun

      Elinor Hanson, a forty-something former model, is struggling to reinvent herself as a freelance writer when she receives an unexpected assignment. Her mentor from grad school offers her a chance to write for a prestigious magazine about the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. Elinor grew up near the Bakken, raised by an overbearing father and a distant Korean mother who met and married when he was stationed overseas.

      The longer she pursues this potentially career-altering assignment, the more her past intertwines with the story she’s trying to tell, revealing disturbing new realities that will forever change her and the way she looks at the world.

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