[LM_NET] BOOK: Dragon Road by Yep

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Yep, Laurence. Dragon Road. HarperCollins, 2008 [978-0-06-027521-1]
This is part of the Golden Mountain series which follows the Young
family from 1849 through 1995.  It is now 1939 and Cal and Barney are
basketball "sharks."  To make money to survive in the Depression, they
pretend they can't play basketball and then scam a bet and always win
the game.  This keeps them alive but is not a life until they meet a
guy who is setting up a traveling exhibition Asian basketball team.
They travel around the country, making a name for themselves and even
a little money for themselves.  Will Cal ever get back to Chinatown
and say what he really feels for his girl friend who has been left
caring for his alcoholic father.  This 290 page book is a good sports
story, historical story, and a story of prejudice in 1939.  I like Mr.
Yep's books.

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Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
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