Book ClubFor my book club book I read "Hold Love Strong" by Matthew Goodman. It was a phenomenal book about the struggle of a young African American boy growing up in a place called Ever Park. Using exceptional imagery and a more than viable story-line, the story goes into extensive details about Abraham (the protagonists') troubles, and it's well written descriptions truly enveloped my heart.
"Born to a thirteen-year-old in the bathroom of his family’s small apartment, Abraham Singleton enters a world laden with the obstacles inherent in an impoverished urban community. But when his mother becomes addicted to crack and his uncle—the family’s basketball prodigy and their potential ticket out of poverty—is arrested and convicted, the last glimmer of hope is extinguished. Then a college scholarship offers Abraham a way out, but what of those he will leave behind? Tossed into tumultuous times, Abraham and his family struggle to overcome their grim environment and the crushing weight of the past." -Found on the back cover.
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