A review by linzer712
Why We Fly by Gilly Segal, Kimberly Jones

2.0

The topic is important and promising, but when it came down to it the characters didn’t emotionally resonate and many parts of the the book just didn’t seem real. The cheerleaders all kneel and face backlash but never have any substantial discussion about race? The narrators rarely think about their own races and when the Black narrator is the only cheerleader punished it’s treated like no big deal in the school community and even in the National conversation, even though their protest went viral? Oh, and the team wins nationals and even that isn’t really emotional or recognized. Sadly, it was just flat.