The Fold

The Fold


By: An Na
Reviewed by: JNoto, 12
Rating: It was amazing!


Joyce Park feels like an ugly duckling compared to her sister, Helen. Helen’s pretty, smart – she’s even the most responsible! After Joyce’s crush, John Ford Kang, mistakes her for another person when he’s signing her year book, Joyce wonders if she is beautiful enough to even stand out of the crowd.

Once her aunt wins some lottery money, Joyce is given a golden opportunity… plastic surgery to get double eyelids – 100% covered by her aunt. But Joyce is hesitant. Her best friend, Gina, said not to pass out on a free once in a lifetime offer that could get John to pay interest in Joyce. Helen, on the other hand, is shocked that she would even consider going under the knife. Joyce isn’t sure what to do – if it’ll make her pretty enough so that John will notice her, she’s all for it.

After a consultation with a plastic surgeon, Joyce is delighted when she finds out that she looks just as gorgeous as Helen with double eyelids. She decides that surgery would be worth it if she were as pretty as her sister. But in the end, she finds out that even a jade can have flaws…

The Fold is a really great book. Once I started to read it I couldn’t put it down! It’s also written in a point of view that most teens think, so it was really easy to relate to. A must read for people that like reading about beauty and other cultures.


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