A review by emilyrose72
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
3.0
JACQUELINE WOODSON
Neeka and her best friend (the narrator, who is unnamed) meet D Foster the summer when they are 11. They immediately click, and the girls are jealous of D's ability to roam, because they're not allowed off the block. They all share a love and respect for Tupac, especially D, who really relates to his song. The narrator explains how D has impacted her and Neeka's lives, but when they're 13, D is removed from foster care and given back to her mother, and they move away. The book deals with race issues, and the girls hopes a dreams. This is a great middle-grade book, can provide a quick day-in-life-of book. It's not too eventful, but it's meaningful and deep, kind of like a coming-of-age novel because the girls move from seeing things black-and-white, to a world of gray.
Neeka and her best friend (the narrator, who is unnamed) meet D Foster the summer when they are 11. They immediately click, and the girls are jealous of D's ability to roam, because they're not allowed off the block. They all share a love and respect for Tupac, especially D, who really relates to his song. The narrator explains how D has impacted her and Neeka's lives, but when they're 13, D is removed from foster care and given back to her mother, and they move away. The book deals with race issues, and the girls hopes a dreams. This is a great middle-grade book, can provide a quick day-in-life-of book. It's not too eventful, but it's meaningful and deep, kind of like a coming-of-age novel because the girls move from seeing things black-and-white, to a world of gray.