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Wait for Me

by An Na

3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 · rating details · 667 ratings · 106 reviews

Caught in the threads of secrets and lies, struggling for love and discovering a voice of her own, Mina finds herself torn between living her mother's dreams and living a life that's true in this tale from a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner.

Hardcover, 240 pages

Published June 8th 2006 by Putnam Juvenile

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Jan 14, 2013 Ilene Lobo added it

Wait for Me by An Na, a family and romance fiction, explains the life of Mina Kang who becomes entangled with her web of lies, struggles with her love and finding a voice of her own. An Na writes about the hard life of Mina Kang and how she deals with the challenges of family and her love life. Throughout the book, the point of view changes between Mina and her hearing-impaired younger sister, Suna. The novel is about Mina, but Suna’s emotions and feelings explain the reasons of Mina’s actions.

W...more Wait for Me by An Na, a family and romance fiction, explains the life of Mina Kang who becomes entangled with her web of lies, struggles with her love and finding a voice of her own. An Na writes about the hard life of Mina Kang and how she deals with the challenges of family and her love life. Throughout the book, the point of view changes between Mina and her hearing-impaired younger sister, Suna. The novel is about Mina, but Suna’s emotions and feelings explain the reasons of Mina’s actions.

Wait for Me focuses on the life of a seventeen-year old girl, Mina Kang, who tries to meet the high expectations of her mother through forging report cards, becoming the president of the honor society, and attending a top notch college preparatory program. Through Suna’s eyes, Mina is the perfect role model. Though it seems like Mina does everything right, Mina believes that her life is a lie. With the help of Jonathan Kim, an old friend and fellow Korean, Mina uses programs to forge her grades while Jonathan gives his SAT answer keys for her to use. While trying to meet the expectations of her mother, she must also work at her parents’ laundromat and help take care of her hearing-impaired sister, Suna, who is viewed as “damaged” by their mother.

Since birth, Suna has been partially deaf and is required to use a hearing aid. To her mother, Suna is the “weak link” of the family and thinks she is too fragile to do anything. With her mother too ignorant to care and her father too busy to help, Mina must take care of Suna herself. The novel switches to Suna’s point of view every other chapter to give an insight of how Mina is portrayed as the “perfect role model” and how her mother constantly mistreats Suna. Suna frequently takes out her hearing aid to escape her mother’s harsh nagging and criticism. In the beginning of the novel, Suna notices a man at the bus stop who ends up working for her parents.

Ysrael, a young Mexican immigrant who dreams of becoming a musician, starts working at the laundromat and causes more problems for Mina. Meanwhile, Ysrael develops feelings for Mina which causes a love triangle between Ysrael, Mina, and Suna. One day at the laundromat, Ysrael is accused of stealing money from the cash register. Even though the real culprit was Mina, she never confessed that she took the money and not Ysrael. This incident cost Ysrael his job and caused a forbidden love with Mina.

When Ysrael decides to apply for a music college in San Francisco, he asks Mina the question that she cannot answer: What does she really want? Mina is forced to choose between her love for Ysrael, her mother’s expectations, and her sister’s needs. Mina decides to leave with Ysrael and is given a tape cover with a time and bus number on the back, scheduled to leave at 11 AM to San Francisco. Suna finds the tape cover in the middle of the night and gives it to their mom in the morning, scared that her sister would leave her behind. When Mina wakes up, she finds her mother in the kitchen with Suna next to her. After a long argument, Mina grabs her backpack and runs for the door. While running, Mina realizes how she had left Suna behind with her mom who wouldn’t even take care of her so she turns around and heads back home.
What Mina doesn’t know is that Suna ran after her after she left. After running out into the rain, she sees Mina across the street and starts running towards her. Mina screams for Suna to get out of the way for there was a car that was heading towards Suna. Without her hearing aid, Suna couldn’t hear her sister’s warnings and stopped in the middle of the street. As the time nears 11 AM, Mina must decide between running away with Ysrael or protecting her younger sister from their abusive mother.
This book is highly recommended to teenagers as they would most likely be able to relate and connect to the events that took place in the novel. Most teenagers are like Mina, those who are struggling with challenges and trying to handle problems on their own. Overall, An Na’s Wait for Me is a beautifully written book and would be enjoyed by teenagers and adults.

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May 10, 2012 Taylor Dengler added it

Right now I am reading Wait For Me by An Na. It's a quick ready and in a way I wish I would have challenged myself more. But I do like the book if that's the question. It's about a girl named Mina who has a younger sister, Suna, with some abnormalities. Mina's mother does not do the greatest job raising Suna and is often rude and impatient with her difficulties, so, of course, Mina is left to make sure Suna is raised the way she deserves to be. Mina's mother is also very hard on Mina, especially...more

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Feb 19, 2012 Maggie Desmond-O'Brien rated it 3 of 5 stars

When I first saw this book while nosing around at a local thrift shop, I immediately knew I was going to walk out of the store with it. First of all, Korea. I've had a deep and abiding love for Korea ever since I tried and failed to make kimchi for a school project. Something about the smell of rotting cabbage apparently creates an indestructible bond between a geek and a country. Second of all, something that nearly everyone agrees is missing from YA fiction is inter-PoC (person/people of color...more When I first saw this book while nosing around at a local thrift shop, I immediately knew I was going to walk out of the store with it. First of all, Korea. I've had a deep and abiding love for Korea ever since I tried and failed to make kimchi for a school project. Something about the smell of rotting cabbage apparently creates an indestructible bond between a geek and a country. Second of all, something that nearly everyone agrees is missing from YA fiction is inter-PoC (person/people of color) romance, which the blurb hinted at. Third, I can definitely sympathize with a girl who has the weight of the world on her shoulders. In short, of course I walked out with it.

It took me awhile to get around to it, of course. What doesn't these days? When I did, I finished it in quite literally a single sitting, under two hours. It's not a heavy read by any means. Unfortunately, as hopeful as I'd been about it, it also wasn't a particularly interesting one, despite its promise. While its world is lush and real - I could practically hear Ysrael's guitar and feel the sand between my toes on the beach; the laundromat felt exotic and exciting, by no means your ordinary laundromat - every single one of the characters fell flat, especially Ysrael. First of all, the double perspective between Mina and Suna didn't work at all. Suna's passages felt painfully like watching What's Eating Gilbert Grape, where you cringe every time you know he's going to climb the water tower. Only, Suna's just hearing impaired, not mentally disabled, which I'm sure would raise the ire of many.

Also, even when a character has every reason to whine, it's annoying to read - and Mina whined. Even Jonathon, who in fairness was a total sleazeball, started to receive my sympathy after awhile. It just wasn't fleshed out enough. I'm a big fan of spare writing, but you can write sparely and still give us information vital to the story. In particular, while promising, the relationship between Mina and Ysrael felt more like wishful thinking than actual love. If you'll allow me a bad pun, I'm still waiting for something real to develop here.

All that said, Wait for Me had a brilliant premise, and I'd love to see more books along these lines. It wasn't a book about American, Korean, and Mexican cultures clashing, which is starting to feel overdone. It's a novel about disappointing your parents, defying expectations, and making mistakes - in short, being a teenager. Race and cultural identity barely enters the picture, except when Mina's mother makes her feelings on Mexican migrant workers clear.

While I'm not sure I would read it again, in the end, Wait for Me was well worth reading, if only as a preview of better things to come in YA PoC lit. Even though this one wasn't my favorite, I'll also be keeping an eye out for An Na's work in the future. (less)

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Feb 23, 2011 Miyuki-isb rated it 2 of 5 stars

I chose the novel Wait for Me by An Na because I read the short review at the back and I saw many great comments there so I was very interested to read the story. I think this novel has a really good ideas and concepts for teenagers to read about. The main character Mina, she wants to impress her mother so she kept lying about her grade and tells her that she has really good grades and she is the president of the school. She lies on the outside but inside she knows who she really is and it makes...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Thomas rated it 4 of 5 stars

A lot of books possess characters who are authentic enough that you can understand what they experiencing. Wait for Me took it a step further and allowed me to empathize with the characters' emotions and greatly sympathize with their sorrow.

Mina's senior year is cut out for her - she resides as president of the Honor society, maintains straight A's, and is a member of many other clubs. No one knows that her entire life is a smoothly orchestrated lie, composed by the expectations placed by her mo...more

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Mar 20, 2010 Ilana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mina is the perfect girl for you, straight A's, going off to Harvard, and just doing really well in school. But it's all a lie... a friend or used to be friend, Jonathan helped Mina conjure up the lies and cover-ups. But he is going away to college, and Mina doesn't really like him anymore. Also, to add to Mina's worries, her sister Suna is a bit hearing-impaired and their mother Uhmma really does not support that. Then... Ysrael comes into Mina's life, and things start to look up.

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Sep 19, 2010 Amber Atizado rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The reason why I was drawn to the book was the description on the dust jacket. Unfortunately the description was like a movie trailer that showed too much. I was disappointed by the fact that not much got resolved by the end of the book, but the author did try to show a change in her thoughts.

It was a simple and easy read, which is expected since I found it in the teen section of the Library. There were some beautifully described scenes in the book where one could tell the author probably based...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Erika Trenas rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

Plot: 3/5
Creativity: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing: 5/5
Impact: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

Mina is the perfect daughter. With her perfect grades and exceptional after-school involvements, she's a shoo-in for Harvard. And on top of her busy schedule, she still has time to help out with her family's dry-cleaning business. She's every mother's dream child. Only, it's all a facade.

I was initially drawn in by the premise of the book. I haven't read a lot of stories on modern Asian-American teenagers, so I was delight...more Plot: 3/5
Creativity: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing: 5/5
Impact: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

Mina is the perfect daughter. With her perfect grades and exceptional after-school involvements, she's a shoo-in for Harvard. And on top of her busy schedule, she still has time to help out with her family's dry-cleaning business. She's every mother's dream child. Only, it's all a facade.

I was initially drawn in by the premise of the book. I haven't read a lot of stories on modern Asian-American teenagers, so I was delighted to find a book that explored that topic. As I read through the book, though, I was delighted to find that it didn't just tell Mina's story. It also told the story of Suna, Mina's deaf younger sister.

I really enjoyed reading about Suna- she was probably my favorite character. The story focuses on Mina and how she falls in love and finds her voice, but I found myself more partial to Suna. She was fragile, and she wanted to break free from her worries just as much as her older sister. She had to watch Mina fall apart without really knowing what was happening, and to have her hero come undone before your eyes and not be able to do anything about it... It's painful. And Suna endured all that and never uttered a word. She's just amazing. The relationship between her and Mina was also wonderful, and I loved that the novel depicts how they strengthened their bond as sisters. Maybe it's just because I have two younger siblings of my own, but I it was touching to read about how two siblings, two individuals so different from each other yet so the same, grew to be their own people, together.

The plot, though, I wasn't so crazy about. It's still good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have liked. Things just felt too rushed for me, I guess. Too abrupt. Maybe it's because the novel was shorter than my usual reads; I really don't know. The pacing just didn't feel right. The romance between Mina and Ysrael asn't a hit for me, either. It fell a little flat for me, but some parts were still really good, and I really liked the way things ended.

The prose is on a league of its own. Na's words are magic, stellar. The imagery was so vivid and beyond amazing! Reading Na's text reminded me of Steinbeck's writing- it was just as crisp, just as beautiful, just as descriptive. It was definitely my favorite part of the book.

On the whole, Wait For Me is a good book. The premise is pretty good and the writing is spectacular- Na's prose is beyond beautiful. It wasn't my favorite read, but I still enjoyed it, and I'll probably read it again. If you like coming-of-age stories, I suggest you get yourself a copy of this one. (less)

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Oct 07, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: youth-ya

I really liked this story. It takes place in Southern California. It's about a Korean girl and a Hispanic boy who fall in love. It's about immigrants and their children and what life is like for them. It's a novel about disappointing your parents, defying expectations, and making mistakes. It isn't perfect, but there were times when I felt like I was there in the story. It was also interesting to read because many of my high school friends were immigrants (Chinese, Hispanic, German) and I rememb...more

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Mar 02, 2010 Suzanne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mostly I really liked this book. An Na's style is beautifully understated and her story is well-crafted. Although some elements are very familiar - the striving immigrant parents, the expectation that their first-generation daughter get into Harvard - An Na puts a new spin on things by making the main character, Mina, a liar and an underachiever. In spite of Mina's flaws, I found her character sympathetic, and was moved by her relationship with her hearing impaired sister, Suna.

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Jan 01, 2010 bjneary rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: multicultural-fiction, ya, realistic-fiction

Mina and Suna are two sisters who work long hard hours at their parents dry cleaners. Mina is the oldest sister who lives a lie, she steals money from her parents' business, lies to her mother about her place in school and where she will go to college. Suna is the youngest sister who has a hearing aid and talks to their car as if it was human. Mina and Suna are very close. Their mother is nasty keeping secrets of her own. She runs Mina's life, is nasty to Suna and her husband. Enter a new worker...more

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May 15, 2011 Teresa rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is about Mina may look like a perfect girl but she is not. Mina is a straight A student and a Honor Society president in her school. She works in her family's dry cleaners and cares for her little sister, Suna. On the outside She does everything right but on the inside she knows the truth. She tells her parents that Harvard accepted her but it was a lie. She wants her parents to be proud of her. Only one person she cannot lie to is Vsrael. Vsrael is a migrant worker who wants to be a m...more

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Jun 14, 2011 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

Thoughtful tale of adolescence and what happens when you start making your own decisions.

Mina is a Korean-American high school junior who has successfully tricked her overbearing, strict mom into thinking she's doing well in school. Mina's secret is held by Jonothan, an old family friend whom Mina wants to avoid at all costs.

Mina's chapters alternate with her younger sister Suma, who is hearing-impaired and mostly ignored by her parents.

Tough love, immigrant experiences, choosing your own path a...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Karissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio

This book was an alright read. It follows the story of Mina, a Korean-American girl who has been lying to her mother for at least a year about everything. Her grades, the clubs she is in at school, going to Harvard, and even stealing money from the laundromat her parents run. After all, it is summer vacation and freaking hot outside and they aren't paying her or her sister for their help. Why not take a little on the side?

But when her father pulls her back out, her parents are forced to hire Ys...more

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Nov 14, 2011 Erica rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read this book for my literature for adolescence class and i can see why this book would be a great read for teenagers. Teenagers can really relate to the main character because of all the pressures and expectation placed on her by her parents. Like many teens, she has to choose between living the life set up for her by her parents, or living the way she wants to. the story is crafted beautifully and the characters are very interesting. There is a love and hate relationship between the two sis...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Stephanie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: cultural-ethnic, realistic-fic, school

The biggest struggle I had with the book was the changes in the tense between the sisters. One was written in third person present tense and the other was first person past tense. It annoyed me and I found it taking me away from the book.
The characterization of some seemed one-dimensional or shallow, and the book ended so abruptly.

However, I did like the premise of the book, the focus on the pressure from the parents, and the character with a hearing aid (although this is not talked about too...more

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Feb 29, 2012 Miriam rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Nov 05, 2008 Hangg rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book I’m writing today is Wait For Me written by Anna. It’s a fiction story. The main theme in Wait for Me is a lesson for someone, who lies his/her parents about study, and how to face the truths by a true love coming.
Wait For Me talks about a seventeen girl names Mina, who is Korean-American and perfect daughter to her parents, Uhmma and Apa. As Mina’s senior year in high School comes, she lies everyone on her study. Jonathon, who is Uhmma’s friend’s son studies with Mina and also likes h...more The book I’m writing today is Wait For Me written by Anna. It’s a fiction story. The main theme in Wait for Me is a lesson for someone, who lies his/her parents about study, and how to face the truths by a true love coming.
Wait For Me talks about a seventeen girl names Mina, who is Korean-American and perfect daughter to her parents, Uhmma and Apa. As Mina’s senior year in high School comes, she lies everyone on her study. Jonathon, who is Uhmma’s friend’s son studies with Mina and also likes her from seventh grade. He helps Mina to use computer program for creating a perfect report, and lie Mina’s mother that she would become a President Honor Society in school, but everything is just a big lie. Jonathon rapes Mina and does something dirty on her, even though she doesn’t like that, but she scares that Jonathon would tell all of her lies to Uhmma. Finally, she says nothing on that. Until one day, Ysrael, who is Mexican man helps Mina’s parents’ business coming. From that, Mina’s life begins a new life. Mina and Ysrael falls in love to each other. Day by day, Ysrael knows her secrets, but he doesn’t slight Mina, he even convinces Mina to retell the truths to Uhmma, Apa and her little sister, Suna. One day, Ysrael tells Mina that he would come to another state to continue studying on his music, because he loves to play guiltar and sing at his free time. Because of that, Mina fights with Uhhmma,, and finally she runs with Ysrael to enjoys a beautiful life in a new state with each other. Mina leaves her future, her parents, her little sister, her big lies in California to go with Ysrael, a person she really loves in this world.
The book is awesome and useful. It teaches me know the affects of lying. However, Mina isn’t bad at all because deep inside her, she doesn’t want to lie her parents, but Jonathon leads Mina being on the bad way. In Wait For Me, I love Ysrael, because he grows up without his parents, but himself. He plays guitar as well as a professional person. Besides, he doesn’t slight and leave Mina alone when he knows her lies. He forgives and even convinces her to do the right thing. He is a brave man and loves only one person, Mina. I really love this book because it contains a real love of two people, who can do everything to come with each other. I love their courage, Mina and Ysrael.
I would recommend this book to teenagers, who are falling love to know what does a real love do. I can sure that you’ll like Wait For Me when you read its summary, because at first, it tells you how Mina lies her parents. From that, you’ll be curious and want to know more about how she faces the lies when she meets Ysrael as the summary. Besides, this story is based on the real life, everyone has the most important thing in life. To Mina, she realizes that live is the important thing in her life, so she leaves her familly alon to go with her real lover. Therefore, I also want to recommend this book to people that think the same with Mina to recognize their thoughts are right or wrong. Wait For Me is a good example to find an answer.
Finally, Wait For Me is a love story between Mina and Ysrael. To me, it’s a good story because I can realize thire real love and what they do for each other. I hope thay would be together forever, and Uhmma, Apa, Suna would forgive and understand for her at what she did. Besides, if you read a book named “Keeping Corner” by Kashmire Sheth, you would understand more about Mina’s feeling when she always obeys Uhmma, her mother although she does everything right or wrong. Leela in Keeping Corner also tries to be a widow as her traditional rule when her husband died. Finally, Leela also leaves her family to come with her brother, Kanubhai to Ademendabad to find a better life
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May 04, 2007 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mina is the image of a perfect daughter - as far as her demanding mother knows, she gets good grades, is studying hard for the SATs, and is the president of the Honors Society at school.

Unfortunately, the truth is far different. Mina is an average student, skips out on her SAT classes at the library, and lied to her mother about being the leader of the group. Working as often as possible at her parents' dry cleaning business, Mina has taken it upon herself to alter receipts in order to give hers...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Ingrid rated it 3 of 5 stars

Wait For Me began really strongly. The tale of a young high school senior forced to choose between living the life her mother has determined or willing herself to live for herself. It's an old storyline that many young adults could relate to, but I felt An Na did a great job of really narrating. I found myself sighing heavily to many of the epiphanies, feelings the main character Mina experiences-a clear indication that these are universal themes that transcend age groups. Sadly the ending felt...more

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May 13, 2012 Hajra rated it 3 of 5 stars

I liked the book and I was sucked into the story almost immediately; the characters were very relatable, the style of writing was silky and eloquent, and I could easily sympathize with the issues that all of the characters were facing. The story as a whole was emotionally-pulling and quite skilfully narrated.

But I didn't like the ending. It was too abrupt and just didn't work for me. Oh well. Sometimes unsatisfactory book endings reflect how it actually is for people in real life.

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Nov 18, 2010 Casey Schafer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: asian-goodness

I enjoyed this book. Some parts of it seemed a little slow and vague and I didn't really care for the dual parts of the book (some chapters are told from Mina's point of view and some are from her younger sister Suna). Overall I wish it was long because I wanted to see where the actions of these characters would lead..

It was your basic Asian teen angst story.. Predectiable but readable.

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May 29, 2010 Susana rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a very good book! It is about a girl named Mina trying to create ger own life but cant exactly spread her wings because of her mom n her expectations to harvard and she doesnt want to leave her little sister suna who isnt her moms fav child. Though she meets someone named ysrael who helps her find her way and break the ice with her mother.read this book and you wont regret it :D

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Oct 26, 2007 Christina rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: readers interested in the Korean American experience or in mother-daughter-sister relationships

Shelves: realistic

High school junior Mina is the daughter of Korean-American immigrants who own a dry-cleaning business. She's been pushed to get good grades all of her life, with the goal of getting into Harvard. But she's started lying about her grades, saying they're better than they are, while stealing money from the cash register to save up to move out on her own after graduation. She does not want to go to college, let alone Harvard, but she can't get up the courage to tell her strict mother. Meanwhile her...more

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Oct 19, 2010 Hannah Goodman rated it 2 of 5 stars

I like the writing in this story. Details specific and meaningful, not gratuitous. I felt very removed from the protagonist, however. I also couldn't figure out the real motivation that made her continue the relationship with the boy and found the whole grade changing thing to be too far fetched. I liked A Step From Heaven much better.

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Feb 28, 2011 Nichole Horton rated it 5 of 5 stars

I picked this up for something to pass the time, it struck me as the type of book i wouldn't normally read, and I didn't expect much from it. I was surprised to find that I not only enjoyed this book but hoped for more when I'd finished reading it. I was very impressed with it, and it's yet another book i couldn't put down.

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Sep 15, 2008 Alina rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a slightly different take on a different immigrant Korean family from that of “A Step From Heaven”. There are two sisters in this story and ultimately this book is about the bond between them. An Na crashes through the stereotypes people have of Asian kids and give a side that many may not think about. Since this family lives in southern California, there is also the aspect of how people deal with immigrant workers from Mexico.

An Na shows two sides of a bittersweet story, from the older...more

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Jan 04, 2008 April Helms rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: young adults (11+) and adults

Shelves: young-adult, multicultural

Mina seems to be the perfect girl. Straight-A student. President of the honor society. Potential Harvard student. The trouble is, Mina's perfect life is a lie, and the summer of her senior year, she has to work harder and harder to protect the illusion, not just to live up to her mother's high expectations, but to protect her younger sister Suna. Suna is battling her own private demons as she learns to make her voice heard. Then, along comes Ysreal, a migrant worker with dreams of his own -- and...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Lina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, contemp, young-adult

Beautiful little story. I probably would have gone for five stars if it were longer. Lately I feel like I've been reading a lot of books that deal with the conflict of family vs. everything else, and usually they disappoint me; I don't sympathize with the protagonist's "choice." But Wait for Me handled everything wonderfully.

Also: this book is a must-read for anyone who likes relationships between sisters.

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Jun 19, 2012 Jeanette rated it 4 of 5 stars

Great story about the pressures of living up to your parent's (unreasonable) standards and the bonds between family that will keep you going back to them again and again. Would definitely recommend for all readers even if it's intended for the young adult audience.

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