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Apr 27, 2018KyCCL rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book wasn't what I expected. I came to it having read 'The Hate u Give' and 'Dear Martin', and was expecting this to be all about race relations.It wasn't. Race certainly played an important part in the book, and the story would have been very different if the characters had been a different combinations of races, but I read it mainly as a book about relationships. The friends we choose, despite and because of their differences and similarities to ourselves; our family, and how what we see around us is our 'normal', regardless of what others may think of it; and our mentors, and how they can best support us to be the best we can be, while still respecting our right to be who we are. I enjoyed it, but not for the reasons I thought I would.