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{"id": "5502", "article": "No matter where he lives , 16 - year - old <NAME> feels like an outsider : he is half - Mexican and half - white . At his private high school in wealthy northern San Diego , California , US , Lopez is too brown to fit in , whereas for the Mexican side of his family in National City , just a dozen miles from the border , he is too white to belong . Different from both sides , Lopez is silent in school . He focuses on his passion for baseball and working hard to improve the pitches that have kept him off the school team . Mexican Whiteboy , by <NAME> , is about a teenager ' s search for identity . It was named as one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2009 by the US Young Adult Library Services Association . When Lopez ' s mother decides to go to live with her wealthy white boyfriend in San Francisco , he chooses to spend the summer with his father ' s family in San Diego . It ' s a trip to explore roots and self - identity , filled with unexpected friendship . There he meets Uno , of mixed heritage like himself , also with a divorced mom . Uno understands Danny ' s split background and helps him improve his baseball skills . Both boys have big league dreams , but they both have to learn to come to terms with their mixed heritages before they can achieve their goals . Aside from discussions of racism , Mexican Whiteboy takes on other issues , such as the importance of family and the negative influence of hiding the truth . It also shows how sports can draw cultures together .", "questions": "The reason why Lopez feels like an outsider lies in the fact that", "options": {"model": ["he is half - white and half - mexican", "he is a little boy with little white"], "human": ["he lives in San Diego", "he is half - white and half - Mexican"]}, "answer": {"model": 0, "human": 1}}