"Monterey, Savannah, Jamal, and Eddie have never had much to do with each other until Emako Blue shows up at chorus practice, but just as the lives of the five Los Angeles high school students become intertwined, tragedy tears them apart." African Americans/High School fiction Book summary by Horn Book starred (Spring 2005)
"Opening with the title character's funeral, this novel about an innocent teen victim of gang violence then flashes back through the months leading up to her murder. This modern-day morality tale has about as much subtlety as a made-for-TV movie, but the suddenness with which the tragedy occurs is sobering, and readers will feel acutely the injustice of Emako's untimely death."
My Comment:
Woods zeroes in on the teenage heart with Emako Blue. She evokes time, place and feelings in a sophisticated yet concise style. I can hardly wait to get this into my students' hands.
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