![]() ![]() With wonderful supporting characters, strong pacing, and entertaining comedy bits, debut author Kim has woven a pop song of immigrant struggle colliding with comedy and Korean barbecue. When a case of mistaken identity allows her to attend a comedy camp taught by her YouTube idol, Yumi is too panicked to correct the problem-and then it spirals out of control. ![]() Yumi collects all of her fears and frustrations (and jokes) in her Super-Secret Comedy Notebook. This summer, her parents are demanding that she go to Korean summer school, or hagwon, to get a near-perfect score on the high school entrance exam-because that is the only way to attend an elite college, like her superachiever sister, a 20-year-old med student. Yumi hides from the beautiful girls and the bullies who call her “Yu-meat” because she smells like her parents’ Korean barbecue restaurant. ![]() Winston Preparatory Academy is a shy person’s nightmare. Eleven-year-old Yumi Chung doesn’t have anyone to sit with at lunch, but she secretly harbors dreams of becoming a comedian. ![]()
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