SJPL Picks: YA for K-Pop Demon Hunters FansLike this list

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• I'll Love You Forever

  Notes From a K-pop Fan

  Kwon, Giaae,

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  Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author's love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop's complex coming-of-age…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wish Upon a K-star

  Cho, Kat,

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  Moon Minseok--or Moonster as this WDB fans know him--wasn't born to lead. Even as part of the world's most popular K-Pop group, he found comfort in his role as the jokester, the sidekick, the unserious one (with the cutest smile). But now WDB is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ASAP

  Oh, Axie,

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  When her ex-boyfriend, a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world and forbidden from dating, is rocked by scandal, K-pop idol Sori offers him a hideaway with her until she must decide if her future is worth sacrificing for a second…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

  Oh, Ellen,

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  When real life and her webcomic merge, a Washington, D.C., teen’s world is turned upside down.Ever since 17-year-old Mina Lee’s mother’s sudden death, her father has been uninterested in Mina’s art, even though it’s the one way that she still feels…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darker by Four

  Tan, June CL,

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  Rui has one goal in mind, honing her magic to avenge her mother's death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family. The world would be at his feet, had he been born with magic. Nikai is a Reaper, serving the Fourth King of Hell. When his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Small Change

  Finding the Joy in Everyday Things

  Kim, Rae-hyeon,

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  Manhwa. In twelve sensitive episodes, this charming coming-of-age novel includes step-by-step instructions for each hairstyle our heroine wears. For young people influenced by K-pop, K-beauty and K-drama, it introduces the Korean concept of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Name Drop

  Lee, Susan (Novelist),

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  A case of mistaken identity allows two Korean American teens the chance to experience first-time independence while navigating class differences in this dynamic rom-com by Lee (Seoulmates). Eighteen-year-old Los Angeleno Jessica Lee is determined to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

  Cheng, Linda,

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  The mysterious circumstances behind an Asian American pop star’s death spell disaster for the group’s remaining members in Cheng’s debut, a thrilling psychological horror. Two years ago, Sunday Lee, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent; Chinese…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Break the Pretty Kings

  Jeong, Lena,

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  Inspired by Korean history and myths, the first book in the Sacred Bone series is a rich and evocative high-stakes fantasy. Mirae was meant to save her queendom, but the ceremony before her coronation ends in terror and death, unlocking a strange…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 7fates. Chakho, Vol. 1

  Hybe,

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  One day, Zeha wakes up in a hospital bed with a nasty wound on his chest and no memory of what happened. Before he can get his bearings, a city detective reveals that he was found collapsed on Inwang Mountain, the sole survivor of a grisly mass…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Queens of New York

  a Novel

  Shen, E. L.,

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  Seventeen-year-old inseparable best friends Jia, Ariel, and Everett navigate first love, grief, racism, and Asian American consciousness during one life-changing summer apart. Jia Lee, Ariel Kim, and Everett Hoang have been best friends since their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Story

  10-year Record of BTS

  Kang, Myeongseok,

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  After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• K-pop Revolution

  Lee, Stephan,

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  In the sequel to K-Pop Confidential, Candace is a Rookie idol. Her life is suddenly filled with the fans, cameras, and glamor of stardom: She and her boyfriend, YoungBae, are a K-Pop power couple; she's a walking icon at Brandt Foreign School; and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fireworks

  Lin, Alice, (author)

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  When her childhood friend, K-pop star Kite Xu, returns home from South Korea, 17-year-old Lulu Li finds herself falling for him, but fame and friendship soon complicate matters of the heart.

• True Beauty. 1

  Yaongyi,

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  Jugyeong Lim has been treated unfairly by her family and bullied by her enemies due to being perceived as ugly. She learns how to use makeup by binge-watching Youtube tutorials. As she slowly masters the art of makeovers, her dramatic transformation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Once Upon a K-prom

  Cho, Kat,

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  Instead of going to prom, seventeen-year-old Elena Soo wants to spend her time saving the local community center, and she is determined to keep her priorities straight even when her childhood best friend--who is now a K-pop superstar--returns to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seoulmates

  Lee, Susan, (Novelist)

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  Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out—the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then a fun senior year with their friends. But then Nate leaves her, claiming they have nothing in common. He and all her friends are newly obsessed with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Guess I Live Here Now

  Ahn, Claire,

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  Seoul, Korea. In this glittering city where the latest trends are born, Melody finds herself swept away by luxury, romance, and family drama... but is this a place she could ever call home? Thanks to a tiny transgression after school one day,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Noh Family

  Shim, Grace,

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  This sparkling K-drama inspired debut novel introduces irrepressibly charming teen Chloe Chang, who is reunited with her deceased father's estranged family via a DNA test, and is soon whisked off to Seoul to join them. Chloe discovers the Noh family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flip the Script

  Lee, Lyla,

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  The first rule of watching K-dramas: Never fall in love with the second lead. As an avid watcher of K-dramas, Hana knows all the tropes to avoid when she finally lands a starring role in a buzzy new drama. And she can totally handle her fake co-star…Read moreRead more of this annotation