book 2

wolf whistle, lewis nordan
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i liked this book pretty well. lewis nordan grew up relatively near the town where emmett till was murdered, and this book is basically a re-telling of that story. so, of course, race takes the center stage in the story, but there are also all of these really fascinating characters who are only tangentially related to the bobo, the emmett till figure. the main one seems to be alice, a white teacher who envisions bobo's murder in a raindrop the day before it happens, but doesn't understand what she's seeing. this book has a really nice pace, and is a quick read, but it's really southern, so if you're not into that sort of thing, you might want to skip it.