âSo funny and heartfelt.â âGene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese
âI love the profound honesty of Iâm Ok.â âNewbery Medalist Linda Sue Park
Ok Lee is determined to find the perfect get-rich-quick scheme in this funny, uplifting novel for fans of Counting by 7s and Crenshaw.
Ok Lee knows itâs his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, thereâs really no other choice. If only he could win the cash prize at the school talent contest! But he canât sing or dance, and has no magic up his sleeves, so he tries the next best thing: a hair braiding business.
Itâs too bad the girls at school canât pay him much, and heâs being befriended against his will by Mickey McDonald, an unusual girl with a larger-than-life personality. Then thereâs Asa Banks, the most popular boy in their grade, whoâs got it out for Ok.
But when the pushy deacon at their Korean church starts wooing Okâs mom, itâs the last straw. Ok has to come up with an exit strategyâfast.