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I have to think about what i want to say about this powerful book. It is so well written and the narrative pulls at the reader I can understand why it has become such a classic read. I am ashamed to say I had never heard of it before choosing to read it for a challenge a long while ago. I also put it off time and again but cannot understand why. It is difficult to explain its pull but it definitely had one
A day in the life of a boy growing up in Harlem. It is actually his 14th birthday and ends up a to be quite a significant. John wakes up with new knowledge of his being a sinner and wanting to choose sin. He uses his birthday money to continue this path of sin, in direct defiance of his father, going to the cinema for a movie. As he makes his way to sin, he reminds himself that he can always climb back again. When he returns he finds his brother truly feeling the consequence of choosing the stre
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