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"A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes...
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"The year is 1951. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyung ekes out a living at the US Post Exchange, where goods and services of varying stripe are available for purchase. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. When a handsome young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman's first brush with desire against the backdrop...
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In "Grandmothers, our grandmothers" the "comfort women" of the Japanese Imperial Army share their personal stories with us and give us their testimony. Alongside passionate advocates from younger generations, they protest on a weekly basis-- speaking for all victims of war and violations of human rights. In this book, writer and artist Han Seong-won depicts the ongoing crusade of some of war's most courageous survivor women. These women were forced...
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Goong volume 2
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Set in an alternate 21st-century reality where Korea possesses a royal family, it follows the lives of the Crown Prince Lee Shin, and his new bride, Chae-kyeong.
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Goong volume 1
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Welcome to the world where Korea still has the royal family living in their everyday lives. For high-school girl, Chae-Kyung, this is tragedy since she has to marry the royal prince who apparently is a total bastard.
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"The joy of food and tradition brings a family together. Madang is an artist and new father who moves to a quiet home in the countryside with his wife and young baby, excited to build a new life full of hope and joy, complete with a garden and even snow. But soon reality sets in and his attention is divided between his growing happy family and his impoverished parents back in Seoul in a dingy basement apartment. With an ailing mother in and out of...
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Goong volume 1
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Waging war from the shadows, Yul and his mother continue to turn the screws on Korea's royals, while the Queen Mother packs Chae-Kyung and Shin off to another palace to consummate their marriage.
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Goong volume 6
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Set in an alternate 21st-century reality where Korea possesses a royal family, it follows the lives of the Crown Prince Lee Shin, and his new bride, Chae-kyeong.
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"On a romantic evening date with the young, rich, and unbelievably handsome Taemu, Hari is the envy of all women...but little do they know--it's all fake! She has been trapped into playing the part of his girlfriend to appease his meddlesome grandfather, all the while desperately trying to hide the fact that she is actually an employee at his company! How long can she keep up this nerve-wracking double life?--
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Goong volume 3
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ChaeKyung and Shin return to their separate quarters at the palace, but the crown princess can't shake the feelings aroused by her new husband.
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Goong volume 5
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"While Shin visits the royal family in England, Chae-Kyung is left behind in Korea with the recently-appointed daebi, who's doing her best to make the crown princess as miserable as possible. Lonelier than she's felt since her arrival at the palace, Chae-Kyung finds comfort in her growing friendship with Yul. But Shin's having problems of his own in England, where the far-reaching treachery of the daebi sparks scandal. Now in the public eye more than...
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Goong volume 7
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The entire palace is in an uproar after a fire breaks out in Daebi-Mama's quarters. Is it an accident or arson? Chae-Kyung doesn't want to think Shin is involved, but when she slips into Shin's room, she accidentally overhears scraps of a conversation that sound an awful lot like a confession.
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Goong volume 4
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"After the king grants his late brother a posthumous coronation, the status quo shifts dramatically as his widow, Yul's mother, gains power in the palace. And she definitely has it out for Shin and Chae-Kyung!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Goong volume 17
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"Amidst the fallout from the king's decision to make Prince Yul the crown prince, Chae-Kyung and Shin make plans to get back together. Meanwhile, Yul struggles to get to the bottom of his mother's involvement in the accident that may have cost Chae-Kyung dearly. When he confronts her, the Daebi reveals a shocking secret from seventeen years ago, which will set into motion events that will change their lives forever!"--Page 4 of cover.
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"Hari ends up having one drink too many at the company dinner and wakes up the next morning with no memory of the previous night...except for a lingering sensation on her lips! Just what could have happened? She finds out in the worst way possible when she runs into Taemu at the office, because he remembers every single detail...Meanwhile, Yeongsuh also wakes up from a night of heavy drinking, but unlike her best friend, she instantly realizes that...
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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 murder. This was only the beginning. The Beom, monstrous entities from another world, stalk the streets, mauling and devouring anyone they can find. When Zeha learns that he is somehow at the center of it...
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Goong volume 8
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Crown Prince Shin and Crown Princess Chae-Kyung are the picture of happiness as they celelbrate their first wedding anniversary in a lavish, high-profile public display--but all is not well behind those living gazes and wide smiles.
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Goong volume 16
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Struggling with reconciliation, Shin and Chae-Kyung are suddenly stuck in awkwardly close quarters when the king orders that the pair stay put at the princess's cottage. But when the king, preempting Yul's plan, confronts the public with the truth about his father's last wishes and allows them to decide who should be crown prince, Chae-Kyung seeks to defy the king's command and return home to intercede with Yul. But instead of running home, she runs...