Just on the verge of settling in, Mindy now must untangle this mess. The evenly paced plot thickens when a disgruntled classmate, a White boy named Brandon, reports Mindy’s forbidden business to a teacher, causing Sally, Mindy, and Brandon to go to the principal’s office. Encouraged by Sally’s enthusiasm, Mindy starts trading her seaweed, then opts to sell it to raise money for a puppy (a long-held dream of hers) that she hopes will alleviate her father’s sadness. The next day a White classmate named Sally tries the seaweed and effectively flips public opinion, making Mindy’s lunch very popular. The first day at her new school is discouraging, as she is teased for her lunch of kimchi, seaweed, eggs, and rice. On top of that, Korean American Mindy and her father are still grieving the recent loss of her mom from a long illness. Moving from California to Florida is tough.
Even Mindy’s dad comes around and says they’ll start saving money for a dog.Young Mindy takes an entrepreneurial approach to a new school and a new life. Mindy eventually apologizes, and the girls renew their friendship. Sally no longer talks to Mindy, which means that Mindy no longer has any friends. There is a school rule that doesn’t allow for the selling of anything by students. Selling the seaweed snacks gets Mindy in trouble with the principal, and Mindy blames Sally for her idea. She wants to buy her father a dog so he won’t be so sad about losing her mother. Then she suggests that Mindy sell her seaweed snacks, which she does. Sally suggests that Mindy trade her seaweed snacks for other people’s snacks, which Mindy does.
Soon others at their table are asking to try the seaweed snacks, too. Sally agrees, and she is interested in Mindy’s food.
The next day in the cafeteria, Mindy asks to sit at Sally’s table. She really wants a dog of her own, but her father won’t consider the idea of getting a dog. Her new babysitter has a Maltese dog, which Mindy immediately bonds with. The children at her table laugh at her food and think it smells.Īfter school, Eunice-unni, a Korean who lives in their neighborhood, picks her up from school. At lunch, Mindy eats traditional Korean food, which includes seaweed snacks. Potts, mispronounces her Korean name and is relieved that she goes by the name Mindy. On her first day of school, Mindy’s new teacher, Mrs. Now Mindy must make new friends at a school where she is the only South Korean student.
Her mother has passed away within the last year. Mindy Kim and her father have moved from California to Florida for his new job.
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