Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
Troublemaker
Call Number
- FICTION CHO TEEN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
Physical Description
214 pages ; 21 cm.
Audience
Ages 8-12. Little, Brown and Company.
Summary
12-year-old Jordan feels like he can't live up to the example his older sister set, or his parent's expectations. When he returns home from school one day hoping to hide his suspension, Los Angeles has reached a turning point. In the wake of the acquittal of the police officers filmed beating Rodney King, as well as the shooting of a young black teen, Latasha Harlins by a Korean store owner, the country is at the precipice of confronting its racist past and present. As tensions escalate, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey to come to his aide, and come to terms with the racism within and affecting their community.
Subjects
- Families > California > Los Angeles > Juvenile fiction.
- Korean Americans > Juvenile fiction.
- Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 > Juvenile fiction.
- Racism against Asians > Juvenile fiction.
- Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
- Family life > California > Los Angeles > Fiction.
- Korean Americans > Fiction.
- Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 > Fiction.
- Race relations > Fiction.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.