Yolk

Title:

Yolk

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Summary:

Struggling with emotional problems and an eating disorder, Jayne, a Korean American college student living in New York City, is estranged from her accomplished older sister June, until June gets cancer.

Jayne and June are nothing alike. Their family moved from Seoul to San Antonio and finally New York. The sisters don't want anything to do with each other... until June gets cancer. And Jayne becomes the only one who can help her. Now, flung together by sickness, bound by family secrets, they learn more about themselves and each other than they may be willing to confront. -- adapted from jacket

Audience:

Ages 14 up. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Grades 10-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

General Note:

"This is a work of fiction that mirrors aspects of my own history with disordered eating, dysmorphia, and bulimia. For those struggling with body image and food, this story might be emotionally expensive for you. Please be gentle with yourselves-- sensitivity is a superpower. And please know that there is no such thing as a bad body. Truly. Take up space, it is your birthright. Love, Mary" -- third page after verso.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

390 pages ; 22 cm

Subject Term:

Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Emotional problems of teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.

Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.

Eating disorders -- Juvenile fiction.

Korean Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Fiction.

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