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I'm OK
by Patti Kim
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-5344-1929-2
Keywords: Grief, Coming of Age, Mothers and Sons, Diversity, Immigration
When his father dies unexpectedly, OK, the child of Korean immigrants, tries to make money, and in the process finds friendship and his own identity.