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Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by...

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Main Author: Yun, Erin (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fabled Films Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Yun, Erin. Pippa Park ; 1.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction.
Junior high school students > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant families > Juvenile fiction.
Private schools > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Cyberbullying > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Scholarships > Juvenile fiction.
Korean Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Middle school students > Juvenile fiction.
Private schools > Juvenile fiction.
Basketball players > Scholarships, fellowships, etc. > Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts > Juvenile fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction > Juvenile.
Basketball stories > Juvenile.
Sports fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically while keeping her past and her family's laundromat a secret from her elite new classmates. But when Pippa begins to receive a string of hateful, anonymous messages via social media, her carefully built persona is threatened. As things begin to spiral out of control, Pippa discovers the real reason she was admitted to Lakeview and wonders if she can keep her old and new lives separate, or if she should even try.--
Item Description:Includes readers' guide, author Q&A, and glossary of Korean words.
Physical Description:262 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781944020262
1944020268
Author Notes:Erin Yun is the author of the bestselling AAPI middle-grade series Pippa Park , a reimagining of Great Expectations that includes two titles: Pippa Park Raises Her Game and Pippa Park Crush at First Sight . She received her BA in English from New York University and her Masters in Creative Writing from Cambridge. While at NYU, she served as president of the policy debate team- an experience that proved invaluable when she later worked as the debate consultant for the Tony-nominated Best Play on Broadway, What the Constitution Means to Me.

Erin Yun was also selected by the nonprofit Every Child a Reader to appear on a Get Caught Reading poster. A sought-after speaker, she has led her interactive writing workshop-teaching kids how to craft retellings-both in person and virtually at schools, libraries, and bookstores. People can tell she grew up in Texas by how often she says "y'all." And yes-she really did play basketball as a middle grader!

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