Long Division
by Kiese Laymon [currently available only in e-formats]
Something about the way he started the first chapter helped me
realize this book would be very different from everything else I would
read this year. It’s a real adventure going into a new or suggested book
not really knowing what you’re getting into. You may also understand
the perplexity that comes with reading a book on an e-reader and trying
to determine if your bookmarks saved correctly or if you forgot how to
turn pages properly. So just so you’re not as confused as I was, this is
a book about a few time-traveling teens who try to understand their
place in the world between the years 2013, 1985, and 1964. You’ll want
to pay special attention to the True or False quiz that the principal
gives main character City when he gets in trouble at school. That may be
where the lessons in this story lie. However, I am no longer certain
that I can truly read or understand anything in this world if I haven’t
read or listened to it three times.
[ official
Kiese Laymon web site ]
Recommended by
Naomi S.
Eiseley and William Branch Libraries and the Bookmobile
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