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A brush with magic / by Ahn, Flora.;
During her first trip to Korea, twelve-year-old Yumi discovers a magical ink brush in her grandfather's attic which inadvertently summons a dokkaebi, a creature from Korean fairy tales, and embarks on an adventure through Seoul while navigating newfound powers and the consequences of her magic.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Goblins; Families; Mythology, Korean; Korean Americans;

The Dallergut Dream Department Store : a novel / by Lee, Miye,author.; Lee, Joosun,translator.;
In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams. Day and night, visitors both human and animal shuffle in to purchase their latest adventure. Each floor specializes in a specific type of dream: childhood memories, food dreams, ice skating, dreams of stardom. Flying dreams are almost always sold out. Some seek dreams of loved ones who have died.
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Department stores; Department stores; Dreams; Theft;

The Dallergut dream-making district : a novel / by Lee, Miye,author.; Lee, Joosun,translator.;
"It's been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of the Dallergut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing ... She is now an official employee of the dream industry! She can finally take the express commuter train to the Company District, where all the dream-production companies are located, and discover how all raw dream materials and testing equipment are produced. But the Company District is not quite what she expected. Instead it hides a secret underbelly of the magical industry that Penny thought she was a part of. Penny discovers the Civil Complaint Center, full of people filing complaints about their dreams. She also learns about the regular customers who have stopped coming to the store. As she gets to the bottom of each complaint, she begins to expand her horizons, moving beyond the role of dreamseller to understanding what lies in the hearts of their lost regulars."--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Department stores; Dreams; Imaginary places; Subconsciousness;

The last fallen star / by Kim, Graci.;
Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps, she's a saram -- a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community. Then Hattie gets an idea: what if the two of them could use an incantation that would allow Riley to share Hattie's magic? They decide to perform it at Hattie's initiation ceremony. But when the sisters attempt to violate the laws of the Godrealm, Hattie's life ends up hanging in the balance, and to save her Riley has to find the last fallen star. But what even is the star, and how can she find it? As Riley embarks on her search, she finds herself meeting fantastic creatures and collaborating with her worst enemies. And when she uncovers secrets that challenge everything she has been taught to believe, Riley must decide what it means to be a witch, what it means to be family, and what it really means to belong.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Witchcraft; Sisters; Quests (Expeditions); Goddesses, Korean; Korean Americans; Adoption;

The last fallen realm / by Kim, Graci.;
Thirteen year-old Riley was not born to be a leader, but the magical community thinks she and her adopted brother, Dahl, are meant to lead the world into the Age of the Final Eclipse, so now the one thing Riley must do is believe in herself.
Subjects: Quests (Expeditions); Siblings; Magic; Mythology, Korean; Self-confidence; Korean Americans;

The girl with seven names : a North Korean defector's story / by Lee, Hyeonseo.; John, David,1966-;
LSC
Subjects: Lee, Hyeonseo.; Defectors;

In order to live : a North Korean girl's journey to freedom / by Park, Yeonmi.; Vollers, Maryanne.;
LSC
Subjects: Park, Yeonmi.; Refugees;

Free food for millionaires / by Lee, Min Jin;
Subjects: Children of immigrants; Korean Americans; Women college graduates;
© c2007., Warner Books,

Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / by Demick, Barbara.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Koreans; Koreans;
© 2009., Spiegel & Grau,

Nuclear family : a novel / by Han, Joseph,author.;
"Mr. and Mrs. Cho run a successful chain of Hawai'ian plate lunch restaurants, and their adult children are finding their way in the world: 21-year-old Grace is graduating in a few months, and 25-year-old Jacob is teaching English in Seoul. They're set to take over the restaurants when Umma and Appa retire. But when Jacob is captured by the South Korean government for attempting to run across the DMZ, the Chos' peaceful lives are shattered. What could possess Jacob to do something so stupid? The Chos don't know that Jacob has been literally possessed by his wily grandfather's ghost, don't know that Jacob is hiding his bisexuality and confusion over his identity as a Korean-American; they don't know that Grace is constantly stoned and plotting her escape from the island and her family's expectations. The children don't know the burdens of their immigrant parents. Joseph Han draws from Korean myth to explore the generational trauma experienced by families shattered by partition, and the impacts of American imperialism on the Korean peninsula. Nuclear family is a spectacular debut novel -- at once devastating and hilarious -- about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home"--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adult children of immigrants; Bisexuals; Family secrets; Identity (Psychology); Korean American families; Korean Americans;

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