My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2017 | Young Adult
Gr 9 Up—Justyce is an African American teen caught between two worlds. He knows that the education he's receiving at a private school will grant him more economic opportunities, however he begins to question the effects his private school education on his own identity. Some of his classmates believe that the racial pendulum has swung too far, giving African Americans an unfair advantage over their white counterparts. The kids he grew up with believe Justyce has assimilated too much and has forgotten where he came from. He q...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2017
"I know your kind: punks like you wander the streets of nice neighborhoods searching for prey. Just couldn't resist the pretty white girl who'd locked her keys in her car, could ya?" So seventeen-year-old Justyce McAllister, who is black, hears after being shoved to the ground by a police officer ("CASTILLO [the officer's nameplate] reads, though the guy looks like a regular white dude"). Thing is, the girl is mixed-race and is Justyce's sometime-girlfriend (and drunk), and he w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
"I know your kind: punks like you wander the streets of nice neighborhoods searching for prey. Just couldn't resist the pretty white girl who'd locked her keys in her car, could ya?" So seventeen-year-old Justyce McAllister, who is black, hears after being shoved to the ground by a police officer ("CASTILLO [the officer's nameplate] reads, though the guy looks like a regular white dude"). Thing is, the girl is mixed-race and is Justyce's sometime-girlfriend (and drunk), and he w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
