K-Jane

Lydia Kang is an associate professor of internal medicine and an award-winning and bestselling author of adult fiction, young adult fiction, and science nonfiction, including K-Jane, Opium and Absinthe, Star Wars: Cataclysm, The November Girl, and Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything.

"K-Jane is a heartwarming -- and incredibly clever -- novel about feeling at home in yourself. Lydia Kang writes with such extraordinary compassion for her characters. You'll feel for Jane and root for Jane and love what Jane loves -- including her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska." — Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Fangirl"K-Jane is the soul food I didn't know I needed! Funny, charming, heartwarming, and deeply moving, it touched me to my Korean American core. I adored it!” — Ellen Oh, author of The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee"Kang offers a funny and heartfelt exploration of identity, cultural disconnect, and the sometimes messy path to self-discovery." — Booklist"Refreshing...A nuanced, skillfully executed, and highly entertaining exploration of cultural belonging." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Hilarious and heartening, this earnest novel by Kang excavates one teen’s longing to connect—with her identity, her family, and the people around her who seem to find comfort in aspects of her culture that she wasn’t raised to celebrate." — School Library Journal