This was on Barack Obama’s Summer Reading list. Politics aside, this is a great read. I was in a bit of a rut, jumping from one book to the next. My attention span has been just awful. Just when I thought I’d lost my reading mojo, I cracked this one open.

I am finishing it up today. I almost could have read it in a day, it was that gripping. This one will make you think about all that is wrong with our society and sadly many things have not changed.

Rachael, good luck with the school year! I have a 10 year old grandson in Germany who will jump from elementary to high school. At least that is what my daughter says. It sounds similar to our “middle school” or when I was a kid “intermediate,” or 6th grade. She says they will all be in the same buildings. Surely not the same classes?

Anyway, major transition & more than a little sad because he will separate from the younger brother who attended the same elementary.

I just feel like we will lose the “little kid” we know a little too soon.

Anyway, I am hoping this book will end on a high note and I hold onto the hope that there is some good in the world.