On the last day of her junior year, Joyce Park finally musters up the courage to ask her crush to sign her yearbook, but he can't remember her name. įrom master storyteller and Printz Award-winning author An Na comes a thoughtful novel about American beauty standards through the eyes of a Korean-American teenager who must decide how far she's willing to go to be seen as beautiful. Joyce questions whether she'll ever be pretty or special enough to stand out, especially when her older sister, Helen, outshines her in every.

Maybe it’ll all be worth it if John Paul notices her enough at church and school to remember her name.From master storyteller and Printz Award-winning author An Na comes a thoughtful novel about American beauty standards through the eyes of a Korean-American teenager who must decide how far she's willing to go to be seen as beautiful. Reiner says the eyelid surgery is her decision, but how can Joyce disappoint her aunt? Oh my… John Paul comes to the restaurant when her eyes are swollen from chili powder accident? Oh no!ĭr. Work in their parents’ restaurant all summer while Helen does a prestigious internship at college? Not fair. Not as smart or pretty as older sister Helen, not as funny as younger brother Andy, Joyce feels like a nobody as her junior year ends and adorable John Paul Kang signs her yearbook with the wrong name. My book talk: When her aunt offers to pay for plastic surgery, pain-averse Joyce must decide how far she’ll go to get her crush’s attention and win his heart.Īdding the eyelid “fold” is a routine procedure for Korean-American women, but everyone can see how Auntie Gomo is addicted to plastic surgery. Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. Atheneum, 2008 hardcover, 2017 paperback. Read the first chapter here (free, courtesy of the publisher) to discover the depth of Joyce’s crush on John Ford Kang, then check out The Fold in hardcover or paperback at your local library or independent bookstore to see how far she’ll go to make him really notice her!īook info: The Fold / An Na. Plastic surgery to get “the fold” or not?

The Fold by An Na