my book review

Black and White
The book I read over the summer was called Black and White. It takes place on Long Island. It was about two kids in high school who have saved their money for senior dues, but new basketball shoes came out, which the two boys in the book call “kicks”. All the money for their senior dues goes to the new basketball shoes, so they have no way to pay the money.

Eddie finds a gun in his house and comes up with the idea that he and Marcus use the gun to get the money needed for senior dues. The two boys are extremely talented at basketball, and hope to use that to get into college. The guys use the gun a few times and begin to think they will get away with it. But then they try to steal money from an old man, and the gun goes off. They both run, but later in the book, the man who was shot recognizes them and Marcus has to go to court.

Black and White is a very good book and I would read it again. It was written in a way that I could understand, the way the characters thought about what they were going through and the verdict of the judges all made sense and were very realistic. You can see this story happening in real life. I would definitely recommend this book to people who enjoy nonfiction because this book is about as realistic as you can get.