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The Reformatory
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May 02, 2024
bookshelves: black-as-mitchell-s-heart, don-t-care-how-i-want-i-now, denied-the-arc, liburrrrrry-book, read-in-2024, house-cover-auto-request
Per usual I put a hold at the library for Tananarive Due’s newest release without knowing anything about it. I previously read and really dug The Between, so it was a no-brainer. And let me tell you – this one????
Twelve year old Robbie attempts to defend his sister’s honor after witnessing the neighbor kid trying to get fresh with her, but that is simply something that is not done by a black kid in the South when said neighbor is not only white, but also from a family who kind of owns the town. Robbie finds himself sent to The Reformatory – known for not only its brutality, but also its haints. As Robbie’s sister tries to devise a plan to get Robbie out, he is simply trying to survive.
I don’t have any words for this other than read it. Every Star.
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Twelve year old Robbie attempts to defend his sister’s honor after witnessing the neighbor kid trying to get fresh with her, but that is simply something that is not done by a black kid in the South when said neighbor is not only white, but also from a family who kind of owns the town. Robbie finds himself sent to The Reformatory – known for not only its brutality, but also its haints. As Robbie’s sister tries to devise a plan to get Robbie out, he is simply trying to survive.
I don’t have any words for this other than read it. Every Star.
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April 20, 2024
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April 20, 2024
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May 2, 2024
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May 2, 2024
– Shelved as:
don-t-care-how-i-want-i-now
May 2, 2024
– Shelved as:
denied-the-arc
May 2, 2024
– Shelved as:
liburrrrrry-book
May 2, 2024
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read-in-2024
May 2, 2024
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house-cover-auto-request
May 2, 2024
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I'm nearly certain I saw the house before her name ; )