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I can’t say enough about this YA memoir. I love George M Johnson’s voice. He talks about very difficult topics in such a way that they book is completely relatable to everyone. Everyone knows that memoirs usually aren’t my preferred genre but there was something about George’s story that had me hooked from the first sentence. This book is eye opening and profound.

swhite's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

aebogucki's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

emosheeran's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.0

For this being a banned book, I expected so much more. This is definitely nothing revolutionary or adding anything more to the social issues dialogue.

I was also unaware this was targeted at teenagers before picking it up. The very simplistic writing wasn’t my favourite, and I found a lot of the chapters were jumbled and that there wasn’t necessarily a clear sociopolitical narrative, making it feel lacking in a deeper analysis.

I’m sure this would be useful for the target audience, but I’d honestly recommend finding something else if you’re older and interested in an activist memoir.

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

An incredibly important book

hopecandie's review against another edition

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5.0

so so so important and impactful.

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