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Kimchi & calamari
By Kent, Rose
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06083-770-9
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2007
Gr 4-7 Joseph Calderaro is facing many woes typical of a 14-year-old boy. However, trouble with girls, school, his younger twin sisters, and his parents is complicated by his growing awareness of the gulf between his Korean ethnicity and the Italian heritage of his adoptive family, especially his father. A school assignment is the catalyst for his search for information about his birth family. Communication between father and son reaches a low point when Joseph refuses to wea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
An eighth-grade genealogy assignment pushes Korean-born Joseph to question his identity as an adopted son of Italian Americans. Jo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
