[LM_NET] HIT: young adult lit. with tolerance/racism theme

[Sari <imabluestocking@YAHOO.COM>]

I would also like to add to this list of YA books with a tolerance/racism theme:  
Rebound by Bob Krech.  This is about a young man who joins the basketball team as 
the only white student on the team.  Traditionally, in his high school, the white 
kids are on the wrestling team and the black kids are on the basketball team.  His 
family is part of the blue-collar white community and he makes his first black 
friends while also having an effect on his white friends who struggle with their 
reactions to his basketball playing.  The themes of socioeconomic status, racism 
and cultural stereotypes are dealt with in this well-written book.
 
Sari Grandstaff
Saugerties Senior High School
Library Media Specialist
imabluestocking@yahoo.com
 


      

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