Bloody Seoul

By Sonia Patel
Paperback: $11.95

Rocky’s future as crime boss for the Three Star Pa gang in Seoul seems fated–until he discovers that his violent father has lied about everything.

Description

Rocky’s the most loyal 16-year-old you’ll ever meet: loyal to the Three Star Pa gang, which his father runs in Seoul, Korea; loyal to his best friends, who accompany him everywhere he goes; loyal to his ever-escalating public bullying of Ha-na, a girl at school; and, finally, loyal to the memory of his mother, even though there are some things about her that he tries to forget. He loves his friends, his city, and the power he wields. But when he catches his father in a lie, the truth is exposed, and his life begins to unravel–and Rocky has no idea where it’s going to lead.

About the Creators

Sonia Patel

Sonia Patel knows teenagers inside and out. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii, she has spent over fifteen years listening to and understanding the psyche of teenagers from all walks of life. She’s also been a teenage girl herself, growing up on Moloka’i as a first generation Gujarati-American. As a writer, Sonia is passionate about giving voice to the underrepresented youth she treats. Her YA debut featuring a Gujarati-Indian American teen, Rani Patel In Full Effect, was a finalist for the Morris Award and was listed on YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults and Kirkus’ Reviews Best Teen Books of 2016. Her second YA novel, with a Gujarati-Indian trans boy and a mixed ethnicity girl, Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story, was selected for the 2019 In the Margins Book Award Recommended Fiction Book List. She chose South Korea as the setting for her third YA novel, Bloody Seoul, because of her extensive treatment experience with Korean and Korean American teens on Oahu (and her love for the Korean gangster film genre).

Reviews

  • "A powerful story about family, redemption, and finding out who you really are."

    - Booklist
  • "[P]oetic, fast-paced and electrifying. . .Patel's writing shines. Her words flow across the page like a poem – descriptive yet succinct, observant of an entire world in so few phrases."

    - Cleaver Magazine

Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781947627208
  • Price $17.95
  • Publication Date Aug 20, 2019
  • Trim Size 9 × 6 in
  • Weight 1.25 lbs
  • Page Count 224
  • Paperback

  • ISBN 9781947627215
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Aug 20, 2019
  • Trim Size 9 × 6 in
  • Weight 0.875 lbs
  • Page Count 224
  • Interests

  • Imprint Cinco Puntos Press
  • Audience Young Adult
  • BISAC Category 1 YAF / People & Places / Asia
  • BISAC Category 2 YAF / Boys & Men
  • BISAC Category 3 YAF / Family / Multigenerational
  • Themes Asian / Asian American / AAPI, Families, Fathers, Fiction, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Realistic Fiction, Teen Interest, YA interest
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 14 - 18
  • Grade Range Grades 8 - 12
  • Guided Reading Z+
  • DRA 80
  • Interest Level Grades 8 - 12
  • Lexile Code HL
  • Lexile Level 560
  • Reading Level Grades 9 - 10
  • Bebop Reading Advanced
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