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author: Marie Lee
description: Grade 8-12-Ellen Sung, a small-town Minnesota girl, is a Harvard freshman. Following in her sister Michelle's footsteps leads to enrollment in pre-Med, even though her own choice is writing. Life is complicated by her feelings for Jae, a Los Angeles resident and Korean like herself. Political confrontation and personal problems lead to difficult choices for Ellen, who must decide between loyalty to her black roommate and friend or to her Korean heritage, and who is "saying goodbye" to her innocent, sheltered childhood and meeting head-on the challenges of adulthood. Relationships between friends and siblings open the novel, but Lee soon delves into the issue of racism. The Los Angeles riots and East Coast store-owner/shooting incidents provide background and motives for the characters' behaviors. Finding one's cultural identity is part of Ellen's story, but socio-economic differences are also explored. Many readers will reflect on Ellen's experiences and learn from them.<BR><I>Gail Richmond, San Diego Unified Schools, CA</I><BR>Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # Rhodey’s Road Trip
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Caroline Lee
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About This
  Book](../Text/part0002.html#1T140-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Other Books by Caroline
  Lee](../Text/part0004.html#3Q280-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](../Text/part0005.html#4OIQ0-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](../Text/part0006.html#5N3C0-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](../Text/part0007.html#6LJU0-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](../Text/part0008.html#7K4G0-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](../Text/part0009.html#8IL20-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](../Text/part0010.html#9H5K0-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](../Text/part0011.html#AFM60-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](../Text/part0012.html#BE6O0-39c3ab9d205e4c17bebed4a9a604b2ae)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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