I'm Ok

Ok Lee is determined to find the perfect get-rich-quick scheme in this funny, uplifting novel for fans of Counting by 7s and Crenshaw. Ok Lee knows it´s his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, there´s really no other choice. If only he could win the cash prize at the school talent contest! But he can´t sing or dance, and has no magic up his sleeves, so he tries the next best thing: a hair braiding business. It´s too bad the girls at school can´t pay him much, and he´s being befriended against his will by Mickey McDonald, an unusual girl with a larger-than-life personality. Then there´s Asa Banks, the most popular boy in their grade, who´s got it out for Ok. But when the pushy deacon at their Korean church starts wooing Ok´s mom, it´s the last straw. Ok has to come up with an exit strategy--fast.