Dear Martin
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it was amazing
bookshelves: 2019, abuse, best-of-the-best, bullying, contemporary,poc-on-cover, possible-future-purchase, school, tragedy
This book made me cry and laugh and yell and maybe it’s good that it did? There are so many injustices in this world, and I think we can all agree that one of the big injustices that exists in the 21st century is judging people based off of what they look like.
Dear Martin follows an African American teenager as he goes about his day-to-day life as a black teenager. He gets handcuffed when trying to assist his drunk white friend, he deals with racists comments from kids at school, has to deal with racist comments from other persons of color (for being too white) and of course there’s more.
Nic Stone does such an amazing job of putting into laymen’s terms the inequality of people of color and of people of low socioeconomic status. She puts into words the injustices that we live with today and makes them easy to understand both sides while clearly taking a side (for freedom and equality).
I absolutely loved this book as in addition to a book about racism, BLM, and status, this was also a book about a kid trying to figure out what to do about college, friendships, and new relationships. This is truly an amazing book and everyone should read it.
*I read this book as part of #contemporaryathon which is a week of reading only contemporary books hosted by bloggers. Follow me on Instagram to see what other books I read: @heatherfulreads
Dear Martin follows an African American teenager as he goes about his day-to-day life as a black teenager. He gets handcuffed when trying to assist his drunk white friend, he deals with racists comments from kids at school, has to deal with racist comments from other persons of color (for being too white) and of course there’s more.
Nic Stone does such an amazing job of putting into laymen’s terms the inequality of people of color and of people of low socioeconomic status. She puts into words the injustices that we live with today and makes them easy to understand both sides while clearly taking a side (for freedom and equality).
I absolutely loved this book as in addition to a book about racism, BLM, and status, this was also a book about a kid trying to figure out what to do about college, friendships, and new relationships. This is truly an amazing book and everyone should read it.
*I read this book as part of #contemporaryathon which is a week of reading only contemporary books hosted by bloggers. Follow me on Instagram to see what other books I read: @heatherfulreads
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