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. The author of I’m Ok; It’s Girls Like You, Mickey; A Cab Called Reliable; and Here I Am, Patti lives in University Park, Maryland, with her husband, two daughters, and a ferocious terrier. Visit her online at PattiKimWrites.com.
"Despite money stress at home, Mickey stays upbeat and inventive,
as when she creatively repurposes a pillowcase into a skirt, and
models both empathy and compassion while confidently standing up to
the school’s mean girl. Along with her desire to help others,
Mickey’s unfiltered commentary, for example about her first period
and her mother’s smoking habit, make her an inimitable protagonist
worth rooting for."
*Publishers Weekly*
"In her follow-up to I’m Ok (2018), Patti Kim has crafted a story
that anyone who is, or has been, in middle school can relate to.
Readers will be cheering for Mickey’s pluck and perseverance to the
last page."
*Booklist*
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