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An Na

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September 12, 2017

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0399242759

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A teen pretends to be a perfect daughter, but her reality is far darker, in this penetrating look at identity and finding yourself amidst parents’ dreams for you, by Printz Award–winning novelist An Na.

Mina seems like the perfect daughter. Straight A student. Bound for Harvard. Helps out at her family’s dry cleaning store. Takes care of her hearing-impaired little sister. She is her parents’ pride and joy. From the outside, Mina is doing everything right. On the inside, Mina knows the truth. Her perfect-daughter life is a lie. And it isn’t until she meets someone to whom she cannot lie that she’s willing to consider what the truth might mean, and what it will cost. Because Ysrael, the young migrant worker who dreams of becoming a musician and who comes to work for her family, asks Mina the one question that scares her the most: What does she actually want?

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July 04, 2008 (Updated: June 22, 2026)

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This booko was good, Mina lives a tough life, helping her parents at their dry cleaning business, and trying to maintain good grades, good enough to get into Harvard, yet she can't. Mina's grades slip and now she forges them with the help of her friend Jonathon, yet Jonathon wants more from their relationship. They were friends with major benefits. When Mina's father gets injured, they hire Ysrael a mexican. Mina's mother doesnt trust him. Mina steals from the cash register and one day Ysrael gets blameed for it and fired. Mina is in love with Ysrael, and so is Mina's siter Suna, yet she is not old enough. Ysrael decides to leave and go to San Francisco to pursue his music career leaving Mina and Suna behind, yet promises that they will meet up later in life.

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September 23, 2007 (Updated: June 22, 2026)

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Wait for Me by the fabulous An Na, is another look into the world of culturally strict parents and the effects these behaviors have on their Americanized youth. Mina works long hours at her parents dry cleaning shop, while trying very hard to figure out how to tell her mother she won't be getting into Harvard. She has dug herself into a hole, constantly lying to her mom, telling her she is the President of the Honor Society and has perfect grades, when none of that is actually true. She simply wants to please her mother, while keeping her off her back at the same time.

When Ysrael, a young man from Mexico, begins working at the dry cleaning shop, Mina falls head over heels for him. She knows her mother would never approve of the boy, so the pair has secret meetings at the time when Mina is supposed to be in SAT prep courses. Mina needs to decide whether or not to follow her dreams-and Ysrael-or remain in the society in which her mother has built for her. A world in which she is destined to fail.

Though not my favorite work of An Na's, I still enjoyed this book and felt it gave a great glimpse into the world with overbearing parents and eager to please teens. This is a very good young adult selection.

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