Dragon Road by Laurence Yep

Dragon Road by Laurence Yep 320(320times2=640 pgs.) Cal and Berny who live in Chinatown are trapped by racial prejudice. They both join a basketball team to get money because of the poverty in America in 1939. Soon they're traveling across America and taking on all challenges, from local amateurs to other professional teams like the Harlem Globetrotters.On that long, difficult road, they must beat difficult teams and their even rougher fans on the sidelines. Flash, and the team must also overcome terrible weather, crumbling highways, and their own disintegrating car. As the tour starts to fall apart, the tension between Cal and the team's jealous captain comes to a head. Cal now has to choose between loyalty to his teammates and the fame of his own celebrity.