I just finished listening to Dodgers: A Novel written by Bill Beverly and narrated by J.D. Jackson. The book begins in "The Boxes" of Los Angeles where a young boy (Easton, known as "East") stands guard in the front yard of a crack house. A young girls dies for being in the wrong place at the worst time, and East finds himself with his younger brother and two other teens on a cross-country drive to Wisconsin. These boys have never been outside L.A., and the exposure to the world outside is transforming.
I love a novel that introduces me to people, places and situations that I would NEVER otherwise know. The book is full of unexpected twists and revelations that leaves the end in doubt. It is a coming-of-age story like no other, and I'm glad that I was along for the journey.
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