Title: Required Reading at the University of California at Berkeley
Product review: Great little novel. Although ITCOMS is a book reading club comprised of African-American women, we decided to read books by authors of color. We enjoyed House... We could identify with the issue of "block busting" when the first family of color moves in the white families begin to flee and incidents in the neighborhood. Yes, it is written from a child's point of view of what is happening around them and to them but is really a sleeper. An example is the vignette about the man with the girlfriend/woman who only visits at night. It took us a minute to realize this was a child's perception of a prostitute. We all thought this book should be read in high school.It really is a good novel.
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