Kween Chum Vichet

A searing, joyful YA debut about a queer Cambodian American teen's journey to find her voice and step into her legacy, perfect for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Elizabeth Acevedo.Soma Kear's verses have gone viral. All she knew was that her rhymes were urgent. On fire. Trouble is, she didn't exactly think her slam poetry video through.

Her Ma is away trying to help Ba adjust to his new life, and her older sister has taken charge with a new authoritarian tone. An expression of where she was, and that place...was a hot mess.Following her Ba's deportation back to Cambodia, everything's changed. Meanwhile, Soma's trending video pushes her to ask if it's time to level up.

With her school's spoken word contest looming, Soma must decide: Is she brave enough to put herself out there? To publicly reveal her fears of Ba not returning? To admit that things may