Review: All American Boys

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I purchased this book at Chapter Two Books in Williamstown, MA. I believe I came across this book because it was one of the potential books my former school was thinking about as the middle school summer reading book.

This definitely would have been a good choice for the middle school, although I'm afraid that it would be considered a little preachy, especially when it is imposed on the kids. A book that tackles racism from the perspective of both a black and a white boy, written by two men. As someone whose high school days are over a decade in the past, it's hard for me to guess whether this will ring true for the students who are the intended audience of this book.

I guess this book is also very heavy-handedly male, so I had a hard time relating with the characters in that way as well. I don't know if that would diminish middle/high school girls' enjoyment of this book, though.

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