{"id":18785,"date":"2022-05-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=18785"},"modified":"2022-05-30T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T22:41:34","slug":"blog-tour-once-upon-a-k-prom-by-kat-cho-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-once-upon-a-k-prom-by-kat-cho-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/once-upon-a-k-prom-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for ONCE UPON A K-PROM by Kat Cho! I\u2019m so excited to share an excerpt of the book with you today, AND more information about the author and tour, PLUS you can enter the giveaway to win a print copy!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-tiger-honor-by-yoon-ha-lee-excerpt-giveaway\/#more-16142\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png?resize=823%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/once-upon-a-k-prom-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Once Upon a K-Prom<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/kat-cho\/\">Kat Cho<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 17, 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/disney-hyperion-2\/\">Disney-Hyperion<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 336 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/58950846-once-upon-a-k-prom\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/katchowrites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatCho\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KatChoAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17734732.Kat_Cho\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xZRloQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/katchowrites\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@katchowrites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">TikTok<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Elena Soo has always felt overshadowed. Whether by her more successful older sisters, her more popular twin brother, or her more outgoing best friend, everyone except Elena seems to know exactly who they are and what they want. But she is certain about one thing - she has no interest in going to prom. While the rest of the school is giddy over corsages and dresses, Elena would rather spend her time working to save the local community center, the one place that's always made her feel like she belonged.<br \/>\nSo when international K-pop superstar Robbie Choi shows up at her house to ask her to prom, Elena is more confused than ever. Because the one person who always accepted Elena as she is? Her childhood best friend, Robbie Choi. And the one thing she maybe, possibly, <i>secretly<\/i> wants more than anything? For the two of them to keep the promise they made each other as kids: to go to prom together. But that was seven years ago, and with this new K-pop persona, pink hair, and stylish clothes, Robbie is nothing like the sweet, goofy boy she remembers. The boy she shared all her secrets with. The boy she used to love.<br \/>\nBesides, prom with a guy who comes with hordes of screaming fans, online haters, and relentless paparazzi is the last thing Elena wants - even if she can't stop thinking about Robbie's smile... right?<br \/>\n<b>What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom? Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sandhya Menon, this hilarious and heartfelt novel brings the glamour and drama of the K-pop world straight to high school. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-05-26T10:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for ONCE UPON A K-PROM by Kat Cho! 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When I think of prom, I picture aching feet, overpriced decorations, and unrealistic expectations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, I was in the minority, though. As was proof by the long line of upperclassmen willing to spend their entire lunch period standing in line to buy prom tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was day three of ticket sales, which meant it was also day three of the Awareness Club\u2019s Alterna-Prom Initiative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was\u2026not going great.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, fine, it was a big fat failure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019d set up a station where students could donate their change to West Pinebrook\u2019s Community Center after buying tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny more donations?\u201d I asked, leaning over the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Max Cohen shook his head. \u201cSorry, Elena.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I glared at the jar. It was almost empty. The dollar bill I\u2019d placed in there was still the only donation. I\u2019d thought maybe having money already would make us look less pathetic, but it just looked sadder somehow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I glanced at my carefully written spreadsheet. I\u2019d made it to track potential donations. We were way behind what I\u2019d projected. But I guess I hadn\u2019t factored in teenage apathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHas anyone taken a pamphlet?\u201d I glared at the suspiciously full pile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo do that they\u2019d have to stop avoiding our table like we all had the plague.\u201d Josie rolled her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d spent days writing those pamphlets up, included photos of the kids from the community center at last year\u2019s holiday party and the fundraiser website to donate online. It explained that we weren\u2019t telling people <em>not<\/em> to go to prom, but to rethink how they spent their money on the dance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why my best friend, Josie Flores, had come up with the term \u201calterna-prom initiative\u201d even though I worried it was a little wordy and confusing. It hadn\u2019t helped though. Everyone just thought we were flat out protesting prom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome on, El, if they won\u2019t take a pamphlet, let\u2019s just hand them out,\u201d Josie said, stepping out from behind the table. She was willow thin with smooth brown skin, a pretty narrow face, and dark hair that framed it in curls. It was everything I used to wish for when I was little instead of my round Korean face, short legs, and flat stick-straight black hair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll help!\u201d Max jumped up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo, you guard the table and the\u2026dollar,\u201d Josie said, eyeing the sad jar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gave him an \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d shrug at getting stuck with table duty again. But he dutifully sat back down. He\u2019d do anything for Josie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since sophomore year, he always mooned at her behind his wire-rimmed glasses. They weirdly worked on him, like nerdy white boy chic. His curly hair used to be cropped short in middle school, but he\u2019d grown it out now and it flopped into his eyes. It was cute in a Shawn Mendes kind of way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josie started down the line, handing pamphlets out, making sure each person at least opened it before she moved on. She didn\u2019t seem to mind the annoyed looks she got or the rude comments. I wish I could be that confident, not to care what everyone thought of me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re in trouble of losing funding,\u201d I said to a group of juniors I\u2019d just handed pamphlets to. None had opened them. So I took one and opened it myself to a bullet point list of ways to save on prom. \u201cInstead of spending hundreds on limos and dresses and tuxedos, you could just wear an old suit or a dress from rent-the-runway and drive yourself. Then donate what you saved to the center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHey, you\u2019re Ethan Soo\u2019s sister right?\u201d One of them squinted at me as if trying to see the family resemblance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sighed. It was common for kids to remember my brother before they remembered something as pesky as my actual name. He was the popular twin after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Elena,\u201d I mumbled. \u201cSo, back to the community center, if you don\u2019t have any extra cash right now, there\u2019s an online donation site you can use too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They all just blinked at me before returning to their conversation about some new movie that had just released. Were these people heartless? Did they not see the adorable children smiling out at them from the pamphlet?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I tried to get their attention again, but they kept ignoring me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEl, you gotta stop apologizing all the time,\u201d Josie said, walking over. She was down to her last few pamphlets and I felt guilty that I still had a full pile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t help it.\u201d I frowned because she was right. It was just such a knee-jerk reaction for me to constantly apologize every time I felt even an inkling that someone felt uncomfortable around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI don\u2019t think this is working,\u201d Josie said, scowling at the line of students doing their best to ignore us. \u201cI think we\u2019ll have to use more radical methods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, unless you want to go full Robin Hood, I think pamphlets and peaceful protest are all we\u2019ve got right now.\u201d I sighed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have something to help our cause,\u201d Josie said, taking off toward the exit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs long as it doesn\u2019t make a mess!\u201d I called after her, but I wasn\u2019t sure if she heard me as she pushed out of the cafeteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I waited for Josie to return, the line moved up and a girl swung her bag into me as she turned to talk to her friend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCan you find somewhere else to stand?\u201d she asked, huffing in annoyance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSorry,\u201d I mumbled before I could stop myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDid you see her weird-ass pamphlets?\u201d the girl\u2019s friend said, not caring that I was standing right there. \u201cImagine spending all your time trying to ruin prom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sighed and stepped back, turning away from the line and the annoyed glares. I wasn\u2019t trying to ruin prom. I just didn\u2019t see the allure of it. I\u2019d watched every one of my three older sisters get excited about the dance only to come home let down in some way or another at the end of the night. It gives perspective to a kid, even if I was only ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I leaned against a lunch table as I waited for Josie to get back. It was filled with a group of freshmen girls sighing over a music video playing on one of their phones. I could barely hear it over the loud volume of voices crashing through the cafeteria, but I recognized the group: WDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WDB had achieved something no other K-pop group had done for over a decade: entered the hearts of teens across the whole globe and somehow became the first Korean group to win an MTV music award and American Music Award, which got them invited to other award shows, and they\u2019d even performed on SNL. It was all so impressive, but there was an extra layer of surrealness for me as the face of the main rapper, Robbie Choi, graced the screen. It was a face I knew well even though it had lost all of the baby fat that had puffed up his cheeks when we were ten. We\u2019d been best friends. I knew things about him that weren\u2019t written in his official profile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew how he got that little scar through his eyebrow. (He\u2019d fallen out of a wardrobe during an epic game of manhunter and into the edge of a coffee table.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew that even though he was famous now for his luscious locks that had been dyed the whole rainbow during his career, he\u2019d once let me shave a stripe through it because we\u2019d wanted to see if we could write his name in his hair. (Spoiler: we could not. And yes, we did get into epic trouble with our parents after that stunt.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now there were girls swooning over him and giggling whenever his face popped up on screen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, I\u2019d once been just like everyone else, looking forward to a magical prom night filled with slow dancing and perfectly posed photos. But I\u2019d always imagined it with a specific person. And since he was no longer in this country, let alone this town\u2026it\u2019s pretty obvious why ten-year-old Elena\u2019s dream prom plan would never actually happen. And when you knew something wouldn\u2019t work out, it was best to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRobbie is my bias!\u201d one girl declared and I almost wanted to tell her about that time Robbie had fallen into mud during our third-grade trip. I\u2019d had to walk behind him the rest of the day so no one thought he\u2019d pooped his pants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or maybe I\u2019d explain how he\u2019d forgotten all his old friends when he got famous\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJD is my bias. He\u2019s just so\u2026mysterious.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I watched as another member of WDB gave a sly wink. I\u2019d never met JD even though he was Robbie\u2019s older cousin. I had to admit it was a pretty catchy song. And perhaps I\u2019d found myself downloading a few of WDB\u2019s singles. But it was still so weird for me to think of my childhood bestie as a heartthrob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I remembered the last day I\u2019d seen Robbie. We\u2019d been ten and we stood in front of his empty house.&nbsp; All of his stuff had already been shipped over to Seoul ahead of his family. I\u2019d had friends move before. Becca Kuss had moved to Ohio in first grade. And Emily B. had moved to the next town over last year. But Robbie was my best friend and he wasn\u2019t moving twenty miles away. He was moving to the other side of the world. We\u2019d clutched each other, tears streaming down our faces. Robbie\u2019s nose had been as red as a cherry. I told him so and he said mine made me look like Rudolph. And then we\u2019d hugged again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll email you every day,\u201d I\u2019d promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll message you every day,\u201d Robbie had said. \u201cYou downloaded Kakaotalk, right?\u201d<br>I\u2019d nodded. I\u2019d never used the Korean messaging app before, but Robbie had said it worked all over the world, so no matter where we went we\u2019d be able to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ll come back when we\u2019re in high school and we\u2019ll go to prom together,\u201d he\u2019d said with a wide grin. \u201cAnd we\u2019ll take pictures just like Sarah\u2019s with those silly flower bracelets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re called corsages,\u201d I told him. \u201cAnd only girls get them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSays who?\u201d Robbie pouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I laughed. \u201cI don\u2019t know. Fine, we\u2019ll get matching corsages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut I want mine to be made out of Legos,\u201d Robbie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThen I want mine to be made out of butterflies!\u201d I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEw! Like dead bugs!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d I squeaked, horrified. \u201cNo! Like fake ones!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNope. You want to wear dead bugs. You\u2019re a dead bug wearer!\u201d Robbie taunted and despite our tears and our impending parting, he made me laugh. And I took off after him, chasing him around the yard until his mother called him to get in the car.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSee you at prom,\u201d Robbie said before climbing in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d watched him drive away until I couldn\u2019t see him anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in the last seven years, he\u2019d become a part of the biggest K-pop boy group of all time and I wouldn\u2019t be caught dead at prom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere it is!\u201d Josie crowed as she returned, snapping me out of my memories. She held up a megaphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat am I supposed to do with this?\u201d I asked. \u201cAnd why did you have this in your locker?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was from our save the whales rally,\u201d Josie said. And I remembered with horrible flashbacks of watching Josie dressed as a whale, marching through the courtyard with her megaphone. \u201cUse it to rile up the crowd.\u201d Josie held it out. \u201cGive a speech. Get people excited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really a public speaker.\u201d I folded my hands behind my back. In fact, I\u2019d had to quit debate club because I couldn\u2019t stand in front of the twelve other kids and argue my point without turning bright red.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEl, I keep telling you that you can\u2019t be a good activist unless you get over your fear of speaking in public,\u201d Josie said. I didn\u2019t have the heart to tell Josie that I didn\u2019t think activism was really in my future. At this point I was only still in the club for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome on,\u201d Josie said, dragging me back to the prom ticket table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caroline Anderson and Felicity Fitzgerald sat behind the table, accepting cash for the fancy embossed tickets. They were both pretty white cheerleaders, the kind of perfect looks that graced CW shows and teen movies. Currently, they both wore their cheerleading uniforms even though it wasn\u2019t a game day. I guess they thought the school spirit would flow through them and into the ticket buyers who were plopping down a whopping $60 per ticket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElena, tell the truth,\u201d Caroline said, resting her chin on her fists. \u201cYou hate the prom because you know no one will ask you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I froze, my mouth falling open. \u201cWhat? No, I don\u2019t care about that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh, come on, Elena. You were super jealous when I got my first boyfriend in seventh grade,\u201d Felicity piped up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReally?\u201d Caroline asked, her sharp eyes sparkling with glee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYea, she pouted for a whole week and didn\u2019t even come to my birthday party in protest.\u201d Felicity let out a laugh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d been sick that weekend and my mom wouldn\u2019t let me go to her party. But I knew if I said that now it would sound like an empty excuse and just throw more fuel on Felicity and Caroline\u2019s fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felicity and I had been close once. After Robbie had left I\u2019d had no one to hang out with and in middle school I\u2019d somehow glommed onto Felicity and her small girl gang until my decision not to go out for cheerleading in ninth grade made me outcast worthy. I still remember the day after cheerleader try outs in the lunchroom when Felicity went full-on Gretchen Wieners shouting, \u201cYou can\u2019t sit with us!\u201d Except less pink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josie nudged my shoulder, \u201cCome on, El. Don\u2019t let them get to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She pulled up a chair and stood on it, shouting into the megaphone. \u201cAttention everyone! We have an announcement to make.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stepped down and pushed the megaphone at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t get up there,\u201d I whispered, trying to push it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust think of the community center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIs the announcement that you finally realize how pathetic your silly protest is?\u201d Caroline called out and Felicity laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It made me remember that freshman lunch where she friend-dumped me in front of the whole cafeteria. Which incensed me enough to climb onto the chair and lift the megaphone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as I looked at all the staring faces my mouth quickly became so dry I couldn\u2019t even get out a squeak. I felt like I was sweating, but when I rubbed my hand over my forehead it came away dry. I looked at Josie who gave me a thumbs up and I pressed the button. I cleared my throat and a high-pitched feedback sound made me wince. But at least it got the attention of the cafeteria. All eyes were on me now. Oh goody. I took a deep breath and remembered Josie\u2019s advice: <em>just speak from your heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUm, hi,\u201d I muttered and the megaphone squeaked again. \u201cSorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josie pinched my leg and mouthed, <em>Don\u2019t apologize.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I nodded and I cleared my throat again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Remember the community center, <\/em>I reminded myself. <em>Show them your passion and they can\u2019t ignore you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUm, so I\u2019m here to talk about a place that means a lot to me.\u201d I glanced nervously at Josie and she mouthed <em>speak from your heart.<\/em> \u201cAnd\u2026and it also means a lot to this whole community.\u201d Some of the freshman at the tables closest to me were watching and they weren\u2019t laughing or sneering, so there was that at least. So I kept going. \u201cI don\u2019t know if anyone remembers what the west side was like when we were kids. But less than ten years ago there wasn\u2019t a lot there. Just the old, closed factory and not even any parks.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few kids nodded. Pinebrook High served this whole area, which included kids from the middle school in the west side. It bolstered me to see that recognition of my words so my next came out smoother. \u201cWest Pinebrook\u2019s Community Center repurposed the factory to create a safe space for kids from the west side elementary and middle schools to go afterschool. Miss Cora, who runs it, says that a building can become more than bricks and windows if it\u2019s filled with passion and love. Isn\u2019t a place like that worth fighting for? Aren\u2019t you tired of adults saying we\u2019re wasting away with our noses stuck in our phones?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw Josie shake her head and noticed some of the kids frown and turn away. Oh crap, I was losing them. The freshman girls who\u2019d been watching the WDB video looked supremely pissed off. I started fumbling my words as I tried to finish so I could go hide. \u201cS-so, if you want to show how passionate our generation can be, you can just donate what you\u2019d spend on dresses or limos to keep an important neighborhood institution open!\u201d I tried my best to channel Josie\u2019s spirit and lifted my hand in the air. \u201cTogether we can make a difference!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a thick silence until Max tried to start a slow clap which sounded sad and pathetic when no one joined in. Josie let out an enthusiastic whoop that echoed throughout the cafeteria. But, disappointingly, most of the students went back to their lunches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caroline stormed out from behind the ticket table, her blonde pony-tail swinging furiously. \u201cThis has to be illegal,\u201d she complained. \u201cYou can\u2019t just sit here shouting in our ears all of lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josie stepped forward and folded her arms. The two were the same height, so they were a pretty even match. Except, if I were a betting girl, I\u2019d put my money on Josie. \u201cSorry to tell you this, but the school charter says that students can hold rallies as long as they are not disrupting class periods or using vulgar language,\u201d Josie said with a shrug.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felicity joined her friend and rolled her hazel eyes up at me. \u201cElena, if I get my dad to donate $1,000 to your dumb community center will that shut you up?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stepped down from the chair. \u201cSure,\u201d I said and Felicity folded her arms, a smile of triumph spreading on her too-pretty-for-her-own-good face. \u201cFor now at least. Every little bit helps, Felicity. But that won\u2019t be enough. If you donate what you\u2019d have spent on your nails, your hair, your dress, limo, tickets, and dinner. If you got all your friends to do it, too. Then think about how far that would go. Don\u2019t you want to do something good with your popularity?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felicity stared down her nose at me, and for a fleeting second I thought she might be considering it. Then a sneer lifted her lips. \u201cYou\u2019re delusional, Soo. How do you expect to change anyone\u2019s mind about prom when your own <em>twin<\/em> isn\u2019t listening to you.\u201d She nodded past my shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I turned and spotted Ethan standing in line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEthan,\u201d I groaned. This <em>did<\/em> look bad, betrayed by my own flesh and blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan and I were proof that any theories about twins having an innate connection were total baloney. The two of us were polar opposites. Ethan was charismatic and the kind of cute that was annoying because my classmates always tried to get information about him from me. While I was awkward and completely forgettable. He\u2019d been on the varsity lacrosse team since freshman year and sat with the \u201cpopular kids\u201d in the courtyard for lunch. I usually ate lunch with Josie in the journalism room. And now, it seemed, Ethan and I were on opposite sides of this prom debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan gave me a shrug and a wry smile. \u201cSorry, Twin, it\u2019s just that you know prom tickets are discounted the first week on sale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, hearing him call me \u201ctwin\u201d made me smile even as I wanted to roll my eyes. But this time I was just annoyed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know how important the community center is to me, Ethan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do, but I just\u2026I want to get discount prom tickets.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan didn\u2019t get it. He never really cared about anything I did. As I started to turn back, Caroline pulled the megaphone from my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHey!\u201d I tried to grab it but she danced back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She lifted it to her mouth. \u201cAnnouncement! I\u2019ve decided to host a pre-prom party at my place. Why limit the fun to just one night? But you have to have a prom ticket to get an invite!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cheer went up and the kids in line surged forward as if suddenly the prom tickets were a limited commodity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was like that scene in <em>The Lion King <\/em>when Simba is staring wide-eyed at the stampeding wildebeests. Except there was no Mufasa to save me as I tried to back out of the path of the surging crowd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, with my awful luck, I forgot about the chair behind me. And instead of scrambling to safety, I felt my feet tangle with the metal legs. I heard Josie shout my name as I tried to keep my balance, but the chair won the battle and I fell backwards, my arms pin-wheeling like a cartoon character as I tried to catch by balance. I ended up sprawled on the sticky ground of the cafeteria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hands, which I\u2019d thrown out to catch myself were covered in some kind of gooey substance, and my hip was throbbing from meeting the edge of a table on my way down. I watched as the kids trampled my pamphlets, crumpling them as they crowded around a triumphant Caroline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png?resize=823%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/About-the-Author-Spring-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Kat Cho<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kat-cho-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Kat Cho used to hide books under the bathroom sink and then sneak in there to read after bedtime. Her parents pretended not to know. This helped when she decided to write a dinosaur time-travel novel at the tender age of nine. Sadly, that book was not published. She currently lives and works in NYC and spends her free time trying to figure out what kind of puppy to adopt. Kat is the internationally bestselling author of the Gumiho duology (Penguin) and Once Upon a K-Prom (Disney).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katchowrites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatCho\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KatChoAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17734732.Kat_Cho\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xZRloQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/katchowrites\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@katchowrites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">TikTok<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png?resize=823%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Follow-the-Blog-Tour-Spring-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week One<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>5\/1\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/insidethewongmind.com\/\">Inside the Wong Mind<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/myfictionaloasis.wordpress.com\/\">My Fictional Oasis<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/3\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yabookscentral.com\/\">YABooksCentral<\/a><\/td><td>Excerpt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/4\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/laurasbookishcorner.wordpress.com\/\">laura&#8217;s bookish corner&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/5\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givernyreads.com\/\">GivernyReads<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/6\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/abookishdreamblog.wordpress.com\/\">A Bookish Dream<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/7\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/talesofabookbug.blogspot.com\/\">Tales Of A Bookbug&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Two<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>5\/8\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/quilltreefox.wordpress.com\/\">Quill Tree Fox<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/9\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bujos_n_books\">@bujos_n_books<\/a><\/td><td>IG Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/10\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookview.com\/\">The Book View<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/11\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/acourtofcoffeeandbooks.com\/\">A Court of Coffee and Books<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/12\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/wiltedpages.wordpress.com\/\">wilted pages<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post\/TikTok Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/13\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dearrivarie.com\/\">Dear Rivarie<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/14\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/rueisreadingcorner.blogspot.com\/\">Ruei&#8217;s Reading Corner<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Three<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>5\/15\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/takealookatmybookshelf\">Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf<\/a><\/td><td>IG Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/16\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/onemoreexclamation.com\/\">onemoreexclamation<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/17\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io\/\">Lisa Loves Literature<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/18\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/fireandicereads.com\/\">Fire and Ice<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/19\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/abackwardsstory.blogspot.com\/\">A Backwards 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href=\"http:\/\/am2cents.blogspot.com\/\">two points of interest<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>5\/26\/2022<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\"><strong>Kait Plus Books<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/27\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drewsim12\/\">@drewsim12<\/a><\/td><td>IG Review\/TikTok Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/28\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thebookishfoxwitch\/\">@thebookishfoxwitch<\/a><\/td><td>IG Review<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Week Five<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>5\/29\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onemused\">onemused<\/a><\/td><td>IG Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/30\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elisquared.com\/\">Eli to the nth<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/31\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/lexijavabookish.wordpress.com\/\">@lexijava&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review\/IG Post<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png?resize=823%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Spring-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Spring-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Spring-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Enter-the-Giveaway-Spring-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enter here to win a print copy of&nbsp;<em>Once Upon a K-Prom<\/em> by Kat Cho!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spring-2022-divider.png?resize=823%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Questions-for-You-Spring-2022.png\" 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