Necessary Roughness PH23-1

Necessary Roughness PH23-1Chan 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

a band of spies on skis

plus squid

a school poetry slam

Signed by 10 of the contributors at the Bouchercon 2005 convention including Jim Nisbet

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South

But humble Karl discovers a gift for clockwork—the magic of gears and cogs—and assembles a mechanical army to fight back

and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan--from foreplay to more-than-missionary position

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems invites children to sample poems throughout the four seasons

Will the Bank win by protecting its loot

Or drops the rings

keep still

ISBN-13: 978-0794432256