I loved this book! :) I couldn't put it down! It was a great book with four romance love stories. They were all excellent. I really liked the fact that it included stories from the guy's point of view and not just from the girls. Everyone had made New Year's resolutions and they were all trying to follow them. I think that my favorite story was about Karina who always wanted to study and that was what all her New Year's resolutions were about, but her best friend Navajoa convinces her to have a good time. Karina falls for Borg(literally!), a hockey player. It's a really good book and i recommend it to everyone who likes romances and has a New Year's resolution for love!

F is for Fabuloso, by Marie G. Lee, is a great book! I would give it four stars. The story begins when a young Korean girl named Jin-Ha, who recently moved to Minnesota, is beginning a new school year. Although this will be her second year in an American school she will still be adjusting to changes that she is not used to. Some of these changes include the honors math class that Jin-Ha is recommended for.
Jin-Ha decides to take the class because she is confident in her math skills. Little does she know that not only is this a harder class than she is used to but her teacher's teaching skills confuse her. This turns out to be a problem when Jin-Ha is faced with a surprise pop quiz. She takes the quiz but is completely confused because she doent know any of the material since she only copied the answers from the back of her book for homework. Her grade turned out to be her very first "F" ever! She couldn't believe it! What was she going to be since she had a huge test in ac couple of days she coulnt let her grade slip any more than it was. Jin-Ha studied all she could but just coulnt understand the material. When she is given the test she is still confused and earns another "F"! What was she going to tell her parents? She knew how upset they would be since her family was centered on education. When her mother asked the grade she got she answered grimly "an F" her mother asked, "is that good?" Jin-Ha forgot her mother only knew Korean grades! So Jin-Ha answered back "oh yeah F is for um Fabuloso, that's it Fabuloso!" her mother was very pleased but Jin-Ha wasn't, she had never lied to her parents before! Why didn't she just tell the truth? The only way she could make everything up to her parents would be to study very hard and ace the next test.
Find out if Jin-Ha improves her grade and pleases her parents by reading this Fabuloso book by Marie G. Lee!

This book was on a recommended reading list and I just loved it. It helped meunderstand the kinds of things immigrants--and their children--go through when they move to this country. I don't teach any more, but if I still was, I think a book like this would have been extremely helpful. Also, Jin-Ha and her friends are such appealing characters without being unreal or too-sweet. They have real problems but they tackle them with aplomb.

I also came to this country not speaking any English and this book was so good! it brought back so many memories. I hope teachers and other people will read this book to get an idea what it is like for children who are in a new environment and language. thank you

This was a great book! It was thrilling and scary, as well as hard to put down. I reccomend it to any one who is interested in monsters. It even had a Spanish vocabulary for Lord's sake! The only thing bad about it was that the Spanish the villagers spoke was not translated by the author. Otherwise, it was one of the best books I had ever read!!

This is a sort of different book from this author. I didn't know what to expect--most of her stuff deals with serious issues. I was pleasantly surprised. Each chapt ends on a "cliff hanger" and my kids kept begging me to read on...and on...

Good way to learn about Mexican culture.

The story is about a Korean girl whose name is Ellen and lives in America with her family. Ellen is a senior high school student. She is under a pressure from her parents who really care about her future and want her to get all A's to be qualified for Harvard, just like her sister Michelle. Ellen was also under a pressure from some popular senior students who tease her about her Korean or Asian appearance. All in all, the book mentions almost everything that comes to Ellen's mind during the conversations and events, and thatÕs what makes the book more realistic. It is interesting specificly for high school students. Besides, it is easy and quite short.

As I am an international ESL student at American University, I usually look up the books about studying English. Actually, this book is the only book which I read whole text since I came to the U.S. Though it made me feel as if I were an elementary or middle school student, this book wasnÕt easy for me because of my poor vocabulary and lack of cultural knowledge. The book includes some small topics, and each person has a strong character which made an interesting story : such as Ellen, Jessie, EllenÕs parents, Tomper, Marsha, Brad, Mike, and so on. I like the story written in detail because we can feel the situation and people more closely. This book handles some issues such as racism, high school stories, culture of Koreans and Americans, and second generation immigrants. Because of many stories in the book, I could not be bored, but interested in the book while I was reading it. On the other hand, this book made me uncomfortable because of some racial views and my identity as a Korean who is the same race as Ellen Sung in the book. I was so sorry about EllenÕs passive behavior until the end of the book when a big event happened with Marsha Randall, who is a kind of racist in this book, of last part. I have never experienced something like what Ellen experienced with race, but if I have a similar situation, IÕll be able to do something more actively than Ellen did. This book was a lot of fun for me to read.

Ellen is a Korean girl who is in for her last year of high school. And she wants it to be a fun one. This is not easy to do, for she is under pressure from her parents who want all Ellen's grades A's or no fun. A friendly girl, yet she is teased by her Asian features, by popular kids in her school. In the end she gets together with a boy named Tomper, who she has secretly liked for a long time. There is also a sequel, Saying Goodbye about Ellen's life in college. Please read them both. They are too good to read only once

Tells the story about a young man, Chan Jung Kim, who along with his Asian-American family makes a changing move to Minnesota from Los Angeles. In LA CHan was the star of his soccer team, his family owned a well-known grocery store, and his twin sister, Young, was progressing well with music. Now they are living in a small town where no one has ever seen their kind before. The family struggles to start over with business and life. Chan is greatful when he is asked to be the starting kicker on the Iron River varsity football team. This changes his outlook on the move, and Young is also satisfied when she is able to join the school marching band. Now the two are together in an activity, which enables Chan and his father to have a better relationship, and for the first time he can learn what it means to be Korean. Unfortunetly right before the football championship a terrible tragedy occurs and Chan feels he cannot go on, until he hears the music in his heart. Many values are taught in this book, and it is filled with everything. It's gripping, funny, painful, and illuminating. A must read! Buy it today!

My mom and I were taking a cross-country trip and we read it to each other while the other was driving. The story of Chan, Young, and their friend mesmerized us anbd kiept us from getting tired. We laughed through a lot of the parts and cried through a lot, too, and i learned a loot about Korean culture and also about living in a small town. Can't wait for the author's next book!

necessary roughness is about chan kim. he moves from LA to a small town minnesota. he was a star soccer player but moves to a town where they there is no one plays soccer and everone plays football and he decides to give it a try. this book is one of my favorite books and marie g. lee is one of my fav. authors. it shows the stuggles he encounter like racism, making new friends and his parents rule about dating. i am from minnesota and i am korean so i can relate to this book. you should read it.

This is a horrible, cliched book. The sterotypes of every character are embarassing, not to mention the unrealistic way that middle school, and life in general, is portrayed. Don't waste your time reading this. If you want to learn about Korean culture, and making new friends, find a different book!!

it was interesting at first but it kept draging on and on. the characters were very corny and not funny at times.

I read this book to learn more about my Korean culture. I thought the book wasn't so bad even though it wasn't as informative about Korea as I thought it would be. The story is about a girl named Alice, who is a Korean adoptee and is a student at Bainer Jr. High School. Her life was going well until a new boy came to her school from Korea, named Yoon Jun Lee. Now Alice has to face a new life. I would recommend this book to all people who are Korean that want to know more about their culture. The characters were very enthusiastic and weird. For example, a character named Yoon Jun had a very weird, but funny accent. I would give the author (Marie G. Lee) a thumbs up because she gave a little info a lot of excitement! I liked the book because it was interesting and fun to read.