A review by indecisivesailorscout
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

4.0

Poignant and powerful. Compared to it's recent contemporaries, this debut novel is a little rough around the edges, but it is still very much worth picking up. I cried as much as I laughed, and shared several whole passages with teacher friends that have been resonating in their classrooms lately. Violence against black youth is never an easy thing to talk about but it is always necessary if we are going to do better for the kids who come after us.