Mina by Kim Sagwa

REPRINT KINDLE BOOK Kim Sagwa is South Koreas young, brilliant, fearless writer. Don Mee Choi, author of Hardly War She doesnt know what to do, and that amounts to a state of torture. Crystal toils day and night to earn top grades at her cram school. Shes also endlessly texting, shopping, drinking, vexing her boyfriends, cranking up her mp3s, and fantasizing about her next slice of cheesecake. Her non- stop frenzy never quite manages the one thing that might calm her down: opening up about the pressures that are driving her to the edge. She certainly hasnt talked with her best friend, Mina, nor Minas brother, whom shes developing a serious crush on. And Crystals starting to lose her grip. In this shocking English debut, award-winning Korean author Kim Sagwa delivers an astonishingly complex portrait of modern-day adolescence. With pitch-perfect dialogue and a precise eye for detail, Kim creates a piercingly real teen protagonistat once powerful, vulnerable, and utterly confused. As one bad decision leads to another, this promising life spirals to a devastating climax.