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A review by nerdyrev
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
4.0
While I enjoyed reading this one, I did have two thoughts which may have swayed me a bit. I loved the idea of moving Othello to a 6th grade class in the 70s, but it was very reminiscent of the movie “O,” so that pushed me a bit.
The second thought was, while I thought turning up the racism aspect of Othello was very good, I did wonder what this book would have been like if it were authored by a person of color. That is nothing against the author at all, but rather a desire to see Hogarth include authors of color within their series and what a better story than Othello to include an author of color.
The ending is just heartbreaking and moving the story to 6th grade did help with some of the odder jumps in Othello.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I gave it a 3.5
The second thought was, while I thought turning up the racism aspect of Othello was very good, I did wonder what this book would have been like if it were authored by a person of color. That is nothing against the author at all, but rather a desire to see Hogarth include authors of color within their series and what a better story than Othello to include an author of color.
The ending is just heartbreaking and moving the story to 6th grade did help with some of the odder jumps in Othello.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I gave it a 3.5