Spring 2004 Review:

This book is the “battle” that took place in London while a young African tried to get back to his country and the Civil war. He had been put into London and an accident occurred involving a hit and run that started a gang war. The boy was making plans to get back to Africa to fight the civil war that was going on over there and he was dragged into this “war” so he could save the girl who apparently did the hit and run. It turned out that the girl did not commit the hit and run but she got hurt by one of the gangs and that made the African stay in London instead of going back to his country and fighting. 

This is a story that will probably interest readers from grades 8-12. The book was a very boring book that I had trouble reading. I would pick it up and read it for about half an hour and then I would set it down. It was very hard to get through because to me it did not hold a lot of action until the end. When the “war” finally broke out the story started to get good. But that was at the end of the book so you really can’t get into it when you’re at the end. All in all it was a book that I had a hard time getting into and I would not read again. I would however recommend this for a history study for high schoolers. 
 

~Vincent Calautti, grade 8, Boardman Center Middle School