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Rocket Man

Rocket Man

Rocket Man

Pat Patterson

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2008
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781435707030
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After moving to America, Nick Wideman - son of a Greek sprinter and an American pole vaulter - is dumbfounded when he is criticized by the black community and ostracized by whites for transferring to all-black Central High School in an attempt to join a nationally acclaimed 400-meter relay team, whose runners are so fast they are called Rocket Men. A school-boy’s crush on pretty brown Mia Hunter only adds fuel to the fire as Nick battles reverse discrimination and stiff competition to make the team.

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