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Title: Must-Read Account of Inner-City Violence
Review: Thanks to Goodreads and Beacon Press for sending this to me through first-reads.I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to booktalk it for my 9th grade students. Jamar Nicholas does a wonderful job of adapting Geoffrey Canada's memoir of learning the codes and conduct of violence as a boy growing up in the South Bronx. The simple language and powerful themes will appeal to both reluctant and enthusiastic readers, as will the incredibly expressive drawings. It would be great to pair this book with two other must-reads: Our America (Jones and Newman) and Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty (G. Neri), which unlike Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun take place after the rise of crack/guns epidemic.
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