Choi Bo-Ram is not her real name. Her real name is Emma Caroline Lind, she goes by Caroline, but she doesn't like it because there's a girl at her school named Caroline who is mean to her. Her best friend is Ren Mi Se and they read mangas together and watch kdramas together. Beyond that, Bo-Ram (which is a name she gave herself but only a few people call her by at first): 1. collects Mexican sugar skulls, 2. learns Gullah recipes, 3. has a group of Desi friends she meets weekly to watch Bollywood movies and read Khaled Hosseini books with, 4. plays the ukulele, 5. and does other stuff from various world cultures that way. With the help of Mi Se and her older brother David Lind, she eventually goes off to have a shot at her dream. But bullying from high school and even from her own family haunts her, and threatens to cripple her with doubt so she cannot fulfill her dream. Will she let her dreams be dreams? Or will she be like Hime, her favorite manga character, and overcome?