Yumi is such a real, relatable character, full of heart and humor, and readers will be rooting for her (and her family’s restaurant, hello KBBQ and karaoke) from page one. The only problem is that the instructor and all the students think she’s a girl named Kay Nakamura-and Yumi doesn’t correct them.Īs this case of mistaken identity unravels, Yumi must decide to stand up and reveal the truth or risk losing her dreams and disappointing everyone she cares about. This contemporary middle grade follows Yumi, an aspiring stand-up comedian, who ends up at a comedy class through a case of mistaken identity. One day after class, Yumi stumbles on an opportunity that will change her life: a comedy camp for kids taught by one of her favorite YouTube stars. Instead of spending the summer studying her favorite YouTube comedians, Yumi is enrolled in test-prep tutoring to qualify for a private school scholarship, which will help in a time of hardship at the restaurant. Her notebook is filled with mortifying memories that she’s reworked into comedy gold. In the book, Stand up Yumi Chung what is the name of the notebook where Yumi keeps her jokes Super Secret Comedy notebook. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her “Yu-MEAT” because she smells like her family’s Korean barbecue restaurant.
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At times funny and at other times deeply moving, Bernice Thurman Hunter's last novel is drawn from her own memories of being a teenager in Toronto during World War II. And as news of other boys reaches home - some of it good but so much of it bad - Natalie begins to wonder what kind of world will be there for them all when the war finally ends. But it is during this time, when she is taking the most pride in her war work, that Natalie and her family get the news they've been dreading: her cousin, a gunner in the Dambusters Squadron, is listed as missing, presumed dead. Buying War Saving Stamps with her meager earnings is not enough for Natalie, however, and soon she finds work at De Havilland Aircraft, making bombers. Now she quits school and takes a job at a department store. Her first move was to change her name from Beryl, which didn't sound sophisticated at all. There are still dances at the Armories to meet handsome boys in uniform, but is that all a girl can do for the war effort? Natalie has a plan. And like her other girlfriends, Natalie is getting tired of waiting for the war to be over. Too often she takes the trip to Union Station to wave goodbye to another friend, wondering if he'll ever come home again. But it's 1944, and almost all the boys she knows have signed up and are being shipped overseas to fight the war in Europe. Like any teenager, Natalie wants to have fun. |