New Boy
Ratings8
Average rating4.1
15
Ratings8
Average rating4.1
Starting his fifth school in five years, Osei Kokote, a diplomat's son, hoping to survive his first day becomes friends with Dee, the most popular girl in school, but Ian is determined to destroy the budding friendship.
1970s, in a suburban D.C. schoolyard. Starting his fifth school in five years, Osei Kokote, a diplomat's son, hopes to survive his first day. He becomes friends with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student, Ian, is determined to destroy the budding friendship between the black boy and the golden girl.
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It's a retelling of Othello set in the sixth grade. All the tensions of youth and racism are there. And it's heart breaking and brilliantly rendered.
3.5 stars. Probably one of the better retellings in the Hogarth series.
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1 released bookHogarth Shakespeare project is a 15-book series first released in 2015 with contributions by Tracy Chevalier, Sabine Schwenk, and 11 others.
