All is well until new student Wes Jung poses a threat by selling merchandise and products from the hottest K-pop band. Senior Valerie Kwon and her cousin Charlie rule the school business field with their K-beauty products sold out of Val's locker. Gr 8 Up-In this enemies-turned-lovers #OwnVoices romance, two students will compete to rule the Korean beauty products scene in their school. From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association.
Readers who like their romances on the schemy side will be in for a treat with this first novel starring a pair of entrepreneurial teens. Family dynamics and peer relationships are front and center, with all lessons learned adding to the story's page-turning fun. Suk's fast-paced debut is filled with plotting, spying, and the bet to end all bets. When the two businesses clash and nearly burn, Valerie and Wes find themselves facing off in more ways than one. Enter Wes Jung, a new student and business competitor, who begins selling promo products for a popular K-pop group, for which his mother is a publicist.
Nevertheless, her parents and perfect older sister frustratingly think it's a cute hobby.
She hopes this will get her into a top business college and finance her grandmother's dream trip to Paris. Senior Valerie Kwon runs the top student business at Crescent Brook High, selling beauty products with her cousin and making a killing in cash.
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