What Did T Read?

  1. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) A man commits a brutal murder but makes the case that crime is justified if the payoff is high enough or the man “great” enough. I didn't love this. This story could have been told in 45 pages, not 450. (Classic) Jan 13 – 2 stars 2. American Street (Ibi Zoboi) Fabiola Toussaint is a 16-year-old Haitian girl immigrating to the United States with her mother. When her mother is barred from the US and sent to a detention center, Fabiola practices the voodoo from her youth to bend space and time so “Papa Legba” will reunite them. This book was AMAZING! (YA, Magical Realism, Urban Experience) Jan 16 – 5 STARS! 3. Dear Martin (Nic Stone) Justyce is one of the only black boys at his prep school. He scored a 34 on the ACT and a 1520 on the SAT. But he's still arrested and thrown in jail after forcibly taking the car keys away from a drunk white girl. In response, Justyce starts writing letters to MLK, seeking answers to his problems. What I...