{"subjects": ["Children's fiction", "Friendship, fiction", "Dating (social customs), fiction", "Korean americans, fiction", "Schools, fiction", "Family life, fiction", "California, fiction", "Prejudices, fiction", "nyt:young-adult-hardcover=2019-09-29", "New York Times bestseller", "Friendship", "Fiction", "Dating (Social customs)", "Korean Americans", "Racism", "High schools", "Schools", "Families", "Korean American teenagers", "High school students", "Young adult fiction", "Family life", "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American", "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents", "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary"], "key": "/works/OL20140570W", "title": "Frankly in love", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL8121764A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [8788751], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all\"--\n\nHigh school senior Frank Li is caught between his parents' traditional expectations and his own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance: 'Date Korean. But Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful-- and white. Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. It seems like the perfect plan, until their fake-dating maneuver leaves Frank wondering if he ever really understood love- or himself- at all. -- adapted from jacket"}, "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-09-24T18:29:46.551860"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-04-27T12:11:16.951257"}}