This bright cover contains an emotional slogan from the 1999 WTO
protest in Seattle. This book follows a handful of characters, the main
one being a young man who had run away from his cop stepfather in recent
years, all of whose lives converge for a day at the protest. Told
through alternating chapters, we find out each of their motivations for
being at the trade meetings, on the job, on the streets, or with
friends. By learning more about the humans behind such caricatures, it
helps us understand how such a large event, built for the benefits of
many, so quickly crumbled into a giant mess. This book contains
violence. One reader might find the ending beautiful and poetic, another
might find it incredibly heartbreaking. I hope you enjoy it.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try
How It Went Down, by Kekla Magoon,
The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon or
Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult]
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Recommended by
Naomi S.
Eiseley Branch Library
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