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The Necessary Hunger

by Nina Revoyr

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ISBN13: 9780312181420
ISBN10: 0312181426
Condition: Standard
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As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Faced with the college recruitment process and unsure of where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for meeting Raina Webber, an All-State shooting guard whose passion for basketball is matched only by her talent.

When Nancy's father and Raina's mother move in together, the girls are faced with the challenge of negotiating their already intense friendship and rivalry. As Nancy's love for Raina grows and both prepare to leave inner city neighborhood that has nurtured them, they find themselves looking toward a future that is no longer easily defined.

Set against a backdrop of racial tension between the Asian American and African American communities of Los Angeles and infused with tenderness and passion. The Necessary Hunger explores not only the intricacies of the game of basketball, but also the very nature of the relationships young women create in the face of the odds that are stacked against them.

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As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Facing the fear of leaving home and wondering where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for the complications that arise when she meets Raina Webber, a devoted, ferocious athlete, whose love of basketball is matched only by her talent for it.

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ISBN:
9780312181420
Author:
Revoyr, Nina
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Sports
Subject:
High school students
Subject:
Friendship -- Fiction.
Subject:
Afro-American girls -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Subject:
Basketball stories
Subject:
Los angeles (calif.)
Edition Description:
1st Stonewall Inn ed.
Publication Date:
March 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
8.42x5.46x.98 in. .73 lbs.

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