Necessary Roughness
Written by Marie G. Lee
Published by HarperCollins
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.
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Publication Date: January 1998
Available As: Paperback, eBook
Young Adult, Age 13 or older
Community Represented: Korean/Korean American
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual
Setting: United States (Los Angeles CA, Minnesota)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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