- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Speak; Reprint edition (Sep 11 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0142409189
- ISBN-13: 978-0142409183
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #536,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up–Mina has a lot to cope with during the summer before her senior year in high school in this novel by An Na (Putnam, 2006). Her Korean-American family needs her help in their small dry cleaning business, her hearing-impaired younger sister depends on her for the nurturing their mother doesn't offer, and she's getting unwanted physical attention from a longtime family friend. But most of all, Mina has promulgated some whopping lies about her academic prowess that has put her in several tight spots. She's led her mother to believe that she's head of the Honor Society and en route to Harvard when, in fact, Jonathan, a family friend, has covered for her and taught her about stealing from the family's business. Complicating matters is Mina's new love interest, Ysrael, a young man from Mexico who comes to work at the family's dry cleaners, who urges her to follow her dreams—and him. Kim Mai Guest provides compelling narration. This story is compact, highly textured, and sure to engage listeners.–Francisca Goldsmith, Berkley Public Library, CA
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*Starred Review* Gr. 8-11. The author of the Printz Award Book A Step from Heaven(2001) tells another contemporary Korean American story of leaving home. This time, though, love is as powerful as the intense family drama. The focus is on high-school-senior Mina, trapped in the web of lies invented to satisfy her overbearing mom, Uhmma, who expects Mina to attend Harvard and escape the drudgery of their small-town dry-cleaning store. Mina's brilliant friend, Jonathan Kim, helps her cheat and steal. She uses him, but he thinks he loves her--and he eventually rapes her. Then Mexican immigrant Ysrael, a gifted musician on his way to San Francisco, comes to work in the store, and he and Mina fall passionately in love. Will she go with him and make a new life free of lies? Ysrael is too perfect, just as Uhmma is demonized, but both are shown from Mina's viewpoint, and it is her struggle with her secrets that is spellbinding. Alternating with Mina's first-person narrative are short vignettes from the perspective of Mina's deaf younger sister, who Mina protects. The conflicts of love, loyalty, and betrayal are the heart of the story--and they eventually show Mina her way. Hazel Rochman
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I found this book kind of confusing and not that interesting. The parts where her sister narrated were hard to understand and the plot wasn't that strong. I'd advise checking out her other book though. I forget the title right now.
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Sort of like a Korean Drama...,
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This review is from: Wait For Me (Hardcover)
This novel wasn't all that great. It's basically about a girl who feels like her life is a "lie," because she's under pressure to get into Harvard. That is, until she meets this guy that shows her to... live for herself. The writing, while clearly intended to be deep and moving, I found appallingly melodramatic. The plot was standard, and it doesn't go very deep into the main character's feelings other than "I think my life is a lie"... that sort of thing.It does make a point, however-- on how hard Asian-Americans work, what their high expectations are, and how competition with other asian american families works. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Wait for me,
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This review is from: Wait For Me (Hardcover)
The plot was weak in this book. I felt like this story wasn't developed enough and just not interesting enough to hold the reader's attention. It was very hard to understand the parts where Suna was narrating and overall i would not say the writing was particularily good. I would not recomend reading this book.
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Great price for a hard cover!,
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An Na's Wait For Me is a great book for helping teens think about moral decisions. I like to use this particular title with lower level readers because the Lexile level is very low (670L) while the content is thought provoking and relevant. The cover is appealing, too, so it's attractive to readers of all levels. The content is meant for older readers (I use this book with 8th grade and up). The main character is cheating and lying in order to live up to her mother's unrealistic expectations, and she also steals from her family's store and feels forced to be intimate with a classmate who has helped her cheat and covers for her later. Readers want to like her because she is the main character, but she is definitely flawed. That's why I like it so much. I also appreciated the fact that she is Korean-American in a modern setting; we have Korean students at our school who like to read about characters who share their ethnicity. Other students felt that the pressure they feel at home to succeed led them to empathize with the main character in Wait For Me despite the fact that they did not share her ethnicity, so the book has a broad appeal. The ending is weaker than the first three quarters of the book, but it's still very worthwhile reading for the moral dilemmas the character faces.This particular purchase on Amazon was a great deal; the price was very low for a brand new hard cover book, and I believe I got 4 copies for the price of 3. They also qualified for free shipping when I went over the minimum, so I feel that I got a very good bargain! |
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