Rashad's 'All-American Boys'

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“All American Boys” is about a young African American ROTC student that gets beat up by a white police officer. There are two points of view in this story, one being Rashad- the kid who got beat up, and the other being Quinn- a close friend of the police officer. People in school and around town start to take sides and have their own opinions about who was in the wrong. Rashad’s friends and relatives take action as well as students who attend the same school as Rashad. Tension flares, and people will do anything to support their side of the story.
I thought this book was incredible. I love how it highlights the real world problems that are going on in our society right now. I think that it is really cool how the authors used two different points

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