<a href="https://smashbomb.com/lindz"><img src="https://smashbomb.com/img/badges/junior-editor.png" width="72" height="72" alt="Smashbomb Junior Editor"></a><a href="https://smashbomb.com/lindz"><img src="https://smashbomb.com/img/badges/movie-reviewer.png" width="72" height="72" alt="Smashbomb Movie Reviewer"></a>Upper West Side Story by Susan Pashman
Have you ever read a book about justice that going on in your world that important to all. You thought it was dealt with in a movement that happens 50 years.
You see it still going on today. Well, a book called "Upper West Side Story", bring it to light and questions if our race is still an uphill battle among us. I got this feeling while I was reading the story. We meet a mother who will do anything to protect her son. This story really turns out to be a well written about a boy who is white and a friend with a black boy. We learn about friendships. Matt and Curtis are best friends. Everything changes after a freak accident.
The real issues come out during this time. It affects the whole family but mostly Matt. Viola losses everything but does the community realize that Matt is a child of Viola as well as Curtis is to Bettina. It happens during a time when they were fooling around or goofing around. Racial issues and political issues arise will they overcome or will the charges damaged all including the boy and his family.
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