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Necessary roughness

Marie G. Lee

1996228 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1996
first published
  • 1996HarperCollins · 228 pages · ENGISBN 9780060251246

Sixteen-year-old Korean American Chan moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, where he must cope not only with racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his relationship with his strict father.

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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