This is a multi-genre piece written in the format of journals and a screenplay. It deals with an under-privileged black boy on trial for murder. I think it could capture the attention of reluctant readers. Especially black males or students who have been incarcerated. I would use this in an 8th or 9th grade classroom as well as recommend it for individual reading. I really enjoyed this book.
Awards:
Printz Award 2000
National Book Award Finalist
Coretta Scott King Award
Filed under: Black, Classroom Read, Coretta Scott King Award, Individual Read, Multi/Alternative Genre, Printz Award, Teen Boys, Walter Dean Meyers Tagged: | Printz Award, Walter Dean Meyers, YA Literature, Young Adult
