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Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen is just trying to nail that perfect landing: on the ice, in middle school, and at home, where her parents worry that competitive skating is too much pressure for a budding tween. Maxine isn't concerned, however--she's determined to glide to victory. That is, until she finds herself in competition with Hollie, a gifted new skater, and is getting teased by a bully at school for her Chinese heritage. With her world akilter, will Maxine crash under the pressure? Or can she make a comeback? Set in Lake Placid, New York, this is a spunky yet stirring story that examines racism, female rivalry and friendship, and the enduring and universal necessity of love and support.
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The Comeback, Shen Fu
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
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- Titel
- The Comeback
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Shen Fu
- Verlag
- St Martin's Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1250820529
- ISBN13
- 9781250820525
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Sport, Gegenwartsliteratur, Lebensgeschichten
- Bewertung
- 4,05 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen is just trying to nail that perfect landing: on the ice, in middle school, and at home, where her parents worry that competitive skating is too much pressure for a budding tween. Maxine isn't concerned, however--she's determined to glide to victory. That is, until she finds herself in competition with Hollie, a gifted new skater, and is getting teased by a bully at school for her Chinese heritage. With her world akilter, will Maxine crash under the pressure? Or can she make a comeback? Set in Lake Placid, New York, this is a spunky yet stirring story that examines racism, female rivalry and friendship, and the enduring and universal necessity of love and support.