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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2019
Perkins's story starts with Kat, a biracial scholarship student who lives with her single mother in Oakland and is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu champ-and who has recently fought off a classmate's sexual assault. The first brief chapter ends with Kat deciding to report the assault, despite her attacker's privileged status as a rich white jock. The next chapter begins in the Boston suburbs with Robin-himself a rich boy but with a very different backstory. Robin was born in Kolkata and adopted at age three by a wealthy white couple. His family is warm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2019
Perkins's story starts with Kat, a biracial scholarship student who lives with her single mother in Oakland and is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu champ-and who has recently fought off a classmate's sexual assault. The first brief chapter ends with Kat deciding to report the assault, despite her attacker's privileged status as a rich white jock. The next chapter begins in the Boston suburbs with Robin-himself a rich boy but with a very different backstory. Robin was born in Kolkata and adopted at age three by a wealthy white couple. His family is warm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More