blog #2

         Over the summer I read the book Black and White by Paul Volponi. It was about two high school basketball stars, Marcus and Eddie. They commit a crime and then have to face teenage criminal detention. The book I compared it to is called The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin. It was about three kids trying to find someone they could depend on because their mother neglects them. My book is different because in my book they are trying to stay out of prison rather than just staying alive. Also my book has to deal with crime. The books are the same because all the people are on their own and trying to stay either alive or out of prison. 

                The book I read this summer was Black and White by Paul Volponi.  My first choice of research topic is the issue of teenage crime.  This issue has two sides because some people just look at it like it's just kids being kids. My paper would argue that this is not okay.

                

                 My second choice of research topic is racism. It has two sides because some people are still racist toward blacks. My paper would argue that this is wrong.