num_pages: 352
description: A romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt headsand maybe fall in lovewhile running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.Theres nothing Valerie Kwon loves more than making a good sale. Together with her cousin Charlie they run V&amp;C K-BEAUTY their schools most successful student-run enterprise. With each sale Valerie gets closer to taking her beloved and adventurous halmeoni to her dream city Paris. Enter the new kid in class Wes Jung who is determined to pursue music after graduation despite his parents major disapproval. When his classmates clamor to buy the K-pop branded beauty products his mom gave him to make new friends he sees an opportunityone that may be the key to help him pay for the music school tuition he knows his parents wont cover What he doesnt realize though is that he is now V&amp;C K-BEAUTYs biggest competitor. Stakes are high as Valerie and Wes try to outsell each other make the most money and take the throne for the best business in schoolall while trying to resist the undeniable spark thats crackling between them. From hiring spies to all-or-nothing bets the competition is much more than either of them bargained for. But one thing is clear: only one Korean business can come out on top.
language: English
title: Made in Korea
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers