“Skye Shin has heard it all. Fat girls shouldn’t dance. Wear bright colors. Shouldn’t call attention to themselves. But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she’s about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for girls like her.
She’ll challenge thousands of other performers in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, and she’ll do it better than anyone else.
When Skye nails her audition, she’s immediately swept into a whirlwind of countless practices, shocking performances, and the drama that comes with reality TV. What she doesn’t count on are the highly fat-phobic beauty standards of the Korean pop entertainment industry, her sudden media fame and scrutiny, or the sparks that soon fly with her fellow competitor, Henry Cho.
But Skye has her sights on becoming the world’s first plus-sized K-pop star, and that means winning the competition—without losing herself.” - taken from Goodreads.com
Skye Shin is an overweight Korean-American teen. Her mother holds her own strict Korean beliefs about weight towards her daughter. Skye goes against her mother's wishes and makes both the dance and vocal portions of a K-Pop star search contest. It's not an easy road as Skye comes up against a judge who has the same opinions as her mother. Finding herself at the center of a worldwide stage, can Skye succeed in changing people’s minds about body image? An uplifting read.
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