| Necessary Roughness Contributor(s): Lee, Marie G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0064471691 ISBN-13: 9780064471695 Publisher: Harperteen OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: Chan Jung Kim was always popular at his school in L.A. But now the Kim family has moved to a tiny Minnesota town where football's the name of the game and nobody has ever seen an Asian-American kid before. Desperate to fit in, Chan finds himself on the football field, pretending to be something he's not. For the first time in his life, Chan is forced to think about what it means to be Korean--and what is really important. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American - Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Football |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96034185 |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 4.38" W x 6.8" (0.26 lbs) 240 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 18448 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chan Kim has never felt like an outsider in his life. That is, not until his family moves from L.A. to a tiny town in Minnesota--Land of 10,000 Lakes--and probably 10,000 hicks, too. The Kims are the only Asian family in town, and when Chan and his twin sister, Young, attend high school, it's a blond-haired, blue-eyed whiteout. Chan throws himself into the only game in town--football--and the necessary roughness required to make a player. On the field it means justifiable violence, but as Chan is about to discover, off the field it's a whole different ballgame . . .Chan Jung Kim has always been popular. But that was when he lived in L.A. and was the star of his soccer team. Now his family's moved--to a tiny town in Minnesota, where football's the name of the game and nobody has ever seen an Asian American family before. Desperate to fit in, Chan throws himself into the game--but he feels like an outsider. For the first time in his life, he finds himself thinking about what it really means to be Korean--and what is really important. By turns gripping, painful, funny, and illuminating, Necessary Roughness introduces a major new talent and a fresh young voice to the Harper list. 1997 Best Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) 1997 Best Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) |
Contributor Bio(s): Lee, Marie G.: - Marie G. Lee is a second-generation Korean American who was born and raised in Hibbing, Minnesota. Her books include If It Hadn't Been for Yoon Jun, Necessary Roughness, and Night of the Chupacabras. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, and several anthologies. She has appeared on PBS's "Asian American" and is a founder of the Asian American Writer's Workshop. |