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Title: Touching and real ...
Review: I really enjoyed this! I found it very touching and very real - for the most part. The relationship between the boys was particularly well done! It just felt like it came from the heart. The multiple viewpoints on racism - in all its subtle and unsubtle forms - was fascinating! The dynamic between the father and son and the lack of love between them was sad yet touching too.Overall a very well done, thoughtful book. Though, full disclosure, the plot at the end, like the last 80 pages, becomes extremely contrived and unrealistic. I just didn't buy it and since this was a book that had been so incredibly real up to this point that is not a small issue. It's too bad the author went that way but the rest of the book is so well done it isn't enough not to enjoy!!
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