A review by teachingbooklove
Kneel by Candace Buford

5.0

I was given an ARC of this book that releases in September and it is definitely one I will be ordering to put in my classroom. Buford tells the same story of racism in a small town, white privilege, and black boys dying on the street just because they are black. Rus and his friend Marion are a tight-end, QB combo that are expected to slay their senior year and go on to D1 schools. Then Marion is unfairly arrested and charged (while the white boy who started it goes free) and suspended from the team. Rus tried to fight for his friend as well as fight for justice. I hate this story, this story that I have read so many times. I wish authors like Buford did not have to keep writing this story, but as a theme in this book says “silence is violence.” I really enjoyed Buford’s writing and the book over all.