# Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

**Author:** Jessica Kim
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 2020
**Page count:** 306
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781432888619`
**ISBN-10:** `1432888617`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/stand-up-yumi-chung
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Shy Yumi dreams of being a comedian, but her Korean immigrant parents expect test-prep and a doctor's future. Mistaken for another girl at a comedy camp, she lets the mix-up ride — and finds her own voice. Jessica Kim's warm, funny grades 3-6 novel is about being truly seen.

## Themes

- identity
- family
- humor
- immigration

## Where this book is assigned

### Battle of the Books (state reading programs)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)

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