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Jennifer R. Kim

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Chinhae, Korea, Republic of

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

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August 2007

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Jennifer R. Kim was born in Korea and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. She graduated from UC Berkeley with an engineering degree and worked for high tech firms in the Silicon Valley before she began her career as a writer.

She is the author of Waiting for Appa, Last Chance Lane, and Five Stones. She lives in California with her family.

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Waiting for Appa is a poignant and intelligent novel. The dialogue has the ring of "real" speech, and the narration is fluent and concise. The descriptions are vivid and controlled. The prologue and epilogue nicely frame the story, and the central character's epi ...more

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22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson

What a poignant novel!

Can the horrors of war or any traumatic experience be glossed over to live a "normal" life?

Silvana, Aurek, and Janusz were told they were lucky. They lived through the horrors of WWII in Poland and were fortunate enough to find one another to live a "normal" life in a small English village. Each person tries to adjust to this new life, but it's a struggle, especially for S Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.79 · 29 ratings · 14 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Waiting for Appa 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Stones really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Chance Lane 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars