When 14-year-old Anthony "Ant" Jones from the ghetto of East Cleveland, Ohio, gets a scholarship to a prep school in Maine, he finds that he must c...
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Jan 31, 2012
Richie
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BLACK BOY WHITE SCHOOL by Brian F. Walker, HarperTeen, January 2012, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-06-191483-6
"Anthony went to the main building and registered. They gave him a lot of things to read plus his room key. John had been right: He was staying in Kaster Hall, on the freshman floor. He left the desk and moved through the crowded lobby, making sure not to bump anyone or even make eye contact. Most of the kids were with their parents and all of them were white. Self-conscious, Antho More...
"Anthony went to the main building and registered. They gave him a lot of things to read plus his room key. John had been right: He was staying in Kaster Hall, on the freshman floor. He left the desk and moved through the crowded lobby, making sure not to bump anyone or even make eye contact. Most of the kids were with their parents and all of them were white. Self-conscious, Antho More...
Feb 11, 2012
April
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Originally reviewed here
I find it unfortunate that Black Boy, White School by Brian F. Walker has received so little attention online. Black Boy, White School is a young adult novel about Ant, a black boy from East Cleveland who earns a scholarship to a boarding school in Main. Black Boy, White School is a quick read with interesting insight about racism.
Honestly, I liked Ant as a character. I thought the author, Brian F. Walker, could have gone one way and made Ant More...
I find it unfortunate that Black Boy, White School by Brian F. Walker has received so little attention online. Black Boy, White School is a young adult novel about Ant, a black boy from East Cleveland who earns a scholarship to a boarding school in Main. Black Boy, White School is a quick read with interesting insight about racism.
Honestly, I liked Ant as a character. I thought the author, Brian F. Walker, could have gone one way and made Ant More...
Jan 25, 2012
Shanyn
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While I liked the idea of Black Boy White School, I felt like it lacked depth in a few places.
Anthony Jones gets sent from Cleveland to a boarding school in Maine where he has to deal with being one of the only black kids in a predominantly white school. We get a good background on Ant, as the beginning of the book starts with him in Cleveland around all of his friends and at his school. Once he moves up to Maine the events start to get a bit spaced out, leaving me wanting more - par More...
Anthony Jones gets sent from Cleveland to a boarding school in Maine where he has to deal with being one of the only black kids in a predominantly white school. We get a good background on Ant, as the beginning of the book starts with him in Cleveland around all of his friends and at his school. Once he moves up to Maine the events start to get a bit spaced out, leaving me wanting more - par More...
Feb 17, 2012
LibraryLass
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A solid debut from and author I will delight in following. This was a great quick read. The authenticity the authors' voice lent to the story was very apparent. The switching up of the language used from his home of East Cleveland to learning to understand the 'prep' school language was very well done and gave me a deeper feel for his dilemma of fitting in to neither of his worlds.
Yes there were parts where I felt it could have done with a bit of more careful editing, but overall More...
Yes there were parts where I felt it could have done with a bit of more careful editing, but overall More...
Jan 31, 2012
Beth
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The beginning was really strong and pulled me in. But the story lost steam in the middle, unbalanced by too heavy of a message and too many weak secondary characters. Still, I'd like to read the authors next book.
Feb 03, 2012
Carla
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A solid for middle school age. A major theme that you can not really know racism if you have not experienced it is told in a non preachy way. Feels realistic esp. since there are no great miracles etc.
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