A review by iceangel32
Necessary Roughness by Marie G. Lee

2.0

This was a nice, fast read about a Korean family that moved from LA to Minnesota. The main character is a high school junior Chan who has a twin sister Young. Chan is the trouble child that does not live up to his father's expectations. His sister is a straight A student who plays the flue.

The book contains the struggles of starting in a new high school, decisions to join the football team, or the band (in young's case), finding new friends and a new life. I think that

Spoiler

the death of Young was unnecessary in the telling of this story...However it did bring tears to my eyes, it was not a huge part of the story and the story ends like 20 pages after that happens.