Eva Marie L. (babyjulie) - , reviewed so-so on 5/12/2009 + 336 more book reviews

This can be a very powerful book for the right reader. I think if I had read this as a pre-teen/younger teen it would have done a lot more for me.
I definitely liked the way Draper wrote the book, she wrote it using a series of essay assignments, poems, letters to friends, conversations between friends and the young characters and their parents, news articles, etc. That's different than a lot of books today and I enjoyed the difference.
The most powerful part for me was the very end, Monty's letter to Andy. Monty is Andy's 6 year old little brother and that letter (along with the others at the end) showed a pretty wide range of emotions between the friends and between the young people. That part, along with most of the rest of the book, seemed very realistic to me.
There were a few parts of the book that seemed really wooden. Nothing too big and nothing to really take away from the book IMO, but wooden nontheless.
I'd say besides Monty's ending letter, Keisha and her input was pretty powerful also. I think this probably makes a great book for a young reluctant reader too

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