About the Artist
Born in Busan, South Korea, Patti Kim immigrated to the United States on Christmas, 1974. Convinced at the age of five that she was a writer, she scribbled gibberish all over the pages of her mother’s Korean-English dictionary and got in big trouble for it. But that didn’t stop her from writing. She is the author of A Cab Called Reliable, Here I Am, and I’m Ok, to which she is currently writing a companion novel called It's Girls Like You, Mickey to be published by Atheneum summer of 2020. Kim earned her BA in English Literature and MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. She lives in University Park with her husband, two daughters, and a ferocious terrier.Featured Work
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I'M OK
See more information about I'M OKOk Lee knows it's his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, there's really no other choice. If only he could win the cash prize at the school talent contest! But he can't sing or dance, and has no magic up his sleeves, so he tries the next best thing: a hair braiding business.
It's too bad the girls at school can't pay him much, and he's being befriended against his will by Mickey McDonald, the unusual girl with a larger- than-life personality. Who needs friends? They'd only distract from his mission, and Ok believes life is better on his own. Then there's Asa Banks, the most popular boy in their grade, who's got it out for Ok.
But when the pushy deacon at their Korean church starts wooing Ok's mom, it's the last straw. Ok has to come up with an exit strategy-fast.
Medium: FictionYear: 2016Details: 288