num_pages: 432
description: Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong?Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised in Southern California.Even so his parents still expect him to end up with a nice Korean girl--which is a problem since Frank is finally dating the girl of his dreams: Brit Means. Brit who is funny and nerdy just like him. Brit who makes him laugh like no one else. Brit . . . who is white.As Frank falls in love for the very first time he's forced to confront the fact that while his parents sacrificed everything to raise him in the land of opportunity their traditional expectations don't leave a lot of room for him to be a regular American teen. Desperate to be with Brit without his parents finding out Frank turns to family friend Joy Song who is in a similar bind. Together they come up with a plan to help each other and keep their parents off their backs. Frank thinks he's found the solution to all his problems but when life throws him a curveball he's left wondering whether he ever really knew anything about loveor himselfat all.
language: English
title: Frankly in Love
publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers