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"Some schools establish their pecking order by looks, some by brains, and still others by economics. In the world of Kung Fu High School, the social hierarchy is determined by one attribute--fighting prowess.
The story is narrated by Jen, younger sister of the leader of the school's most powerful Family. Jen and her brother Cue both attend Martin Luther King High School, better known by it's rather derisive moniker of Kung-Fu. The entire school is a front for a drug-lord named Ridley, who controls several of the Families, the police, and the principal.
Jen and her brother's Family are one of the two who aren't working for Ridley. So, naturally, Ridley concocts a scheme to eliminate both of his rivals, allowing his drug trade to go on unrestricted. Ridley crafts his plan with the care of a sculptor, but there is one factor that he negelects to take into account: the legendary Jimmy Chang.
Jimmy Chang is Jen's cousin, and pseudo-Oedipal love interest. He is a martial arts legend, but refuses to fight when he transfers to Kung-Fu, honoring a promise he made to his mother. During his brutal initiation into the school, he refuses to fight back, and Cue is forced to step in to keep his cousin from being beaten to death.
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Michael S. Allan, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- gang conflict
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Wild kid(s)?
- committing crimes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- eccentric
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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