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The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee | Ellen Oh
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When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must find a way out with the help of a cute boy all while facing off against a villainous corporation. Inspired by the A-ha's "Take on Me" music video, this entertaining YA novel is a grounded speculative fiction adventure from a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. "Sincere, smart, and meta…this stirring high-concept novel… stands out from the rest."-Soman Chainani, author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series "A lighthearted story with touches of romance and fantasy, told with K-drama flair." —Kirkus Reviews Mina has become the hero of her own story. Literally. When Mina Lee woke up on Saturday morning for SAT prep, she did NOT expect to: 1. Nearly be fried by a superhero who turned out to be a supervillain. 2. Come face to face with Jin, the handsome boy of her dreams. 3. Discover a conspiracy involving the evil corporation Merco that she created. And it’s all happening in her fictional world. Mina is trapped in the story she created. Now it’s up to her to save everyone. Even if it means losing Jin forever. From the award-winning author of Finding Junie Kim and co-founder of We Need Diverse Books, Ellen Oh. In the speculative fiction adventure The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee, a teenage artist grapples with her first love, grief, and learning how to take charge of her own life.
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The teen group I work with met Ellen Oh. She sparked our thinking around diversity in books for teens, book bans, ghost stories, and how far we are willing to go with research in service to story telling. There's plenty of Ellen Oh love in this group, and it‘s evident in their podcast episode.
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Oh this was a strange one! Mina Lee creates a webcomic and somehow ends up in the world of her very own webcomic (which is based on her school and friends). But somehow characters in this world have superpowers? (There‘s also a villain) A fun premise and a quick read but the writing style was too much on the telling side and a bit too simplistic for me.

RealLifeReading What I did enjoy is when Mina was in her original world, with that age-old problem of wanting to do something for herself (her webcomic and going to art school) vs wanting to please her dad and his expectations for Mina‘s future. Also I love how Ellen Oh was inspired by a-ha‘s Take On Me video! 7mo
sarahbarnes Love a mochi donut. 7mo
Littlewolf1 I stoped for the Mochinut… feeling slightly envious as the closest one to me is 2 1/2 hours a way 7mo
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