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Genre/Form: | Young adult fiction novels Young adult works Fiction Juvenile works Novels Romans Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kekla Magoon |
ISBN: | 9780805098693 0805098690 9781250068231 1250068231 |
OCLC Number: | 885026550 |
Awards: | Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2015. |
Description: | 326 pages ; 21 cm |
Responsibility: | Kekla Magoon. |
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Abstract:
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
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Realistic & Serious
This book is about how a white guy shoots a 16 year old black kid and how the community has to deal with it. It's a good book with tragedy and loss and is more of a book for people who want to be attached to the characters. I would recommend this book to more serious readers.
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