This was a book that was recommended to me by one of my students. It's not one of my favorites, but I found that it is on the Best Fiction for Young Adults List in 1998. This story features an eighteen-year-old named Kwok-en Wong who lives in Vancouver in 1932 and faces anti-Chinese racism issues that keep him from joining an all star soccer team. He comes from a family that doesn't have a lot of hope due to the Depression. Eventually, he is able to bridge gap between his family and the community in order to play soccer and grow closer to his family.
I think that even though the main character is Chinese, a lot of readers today can relate to the feeling of being secluded or treated differently due to skin color or other differences.
This book provides another lesson and discussions about segregation that don't stem from African-Americans. This would offer another perspective on the history of segregation.
Yee, P. (1994). Breakaway. Publishers Group West.
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