Cassie doesn't feel at home in her hometown in California. So when her family moves to South Korea, where her parents were born and raised, she thinks life might be easier. But Cassie soon learns she is wrong. Despite being ethnically Korean, there is so much about her that is American-- parts of her she can't erase. Yet there are just as many parts of her that are Korean, too. From English to Korean, chocolate to ho-dduk, can Cassie find a language where she can wholly be loved?