Slant
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Thirteen-year-old Lauren, a Korean-American adoptee, is tired of being called "slant" and "gook," and longs to have plastic surgery on her eyes, but when her father finds out about her wish--and a long-kept secret about her mother's death is revealed--Lauren starts to question some of her own assumptions.
Self-confidenceSingle-parent familiesFictionKorean AmericansAdoptionSelf-acceptancePlastic SurgeryJuvenile fictionPlastic surgeryChildren's fictionSelf-acceptance, fictionSelf-confidence, fiction