Soul to Seoul, tome 1
Jea-Eun Kim2005

Kai feels discriminated against by the Korean side of his family because he is not full-blooded Korean; he is half Korean and half Caucasian. Even though everyone is against him, Kai decides to date a Korean girl. He also takes comfort in his friend Spike, who is half African-American and half Korean. The sparks fly when Kai's malicious cousin from Korea comes to the U.S. to study and lives with Kai's family. Will Kai's mixed-blood begin to boil?

Titre original : East Coast, book 1 (2001)