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Overall the book was very good. It relates to a topic that is very real to me and to

my classmates. The one thing that I disliked throughout
the entire book was the way that

these kids talked. You could tell that a teacher wrote this book because she tried to

replicate the speech of her students. However, she fell short in her attempt. The

language that this story used, such as "live game man," and "you be flyin with the hoops

man," are perfect examples of an adult trying to act like she knows how kids talk. I play

varsity basketball just like these kids do and I have never heard anyone on any team say

something like "you fulla mess." For conversation in the book the author should

have asked one of her students how they would say a certain thing.

Once I got past the language I liked everything else. The conflict in the book was

something that I could really relate to and I know my peers could as well. Depression is

a topic that......

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