![]() ![]() ![]() Many excellent books have been written about race and class and privilege, but I sometimes have trouble getting my white students to read them because they take place in urban settings or for whatever reason they feel they can’t relate. ![]() ![]() Honestly, it’s a very rare author who truly writes appropriately for middle schoolers (many books are either slightly too mature or too goofy), and so far I have yet to read a book that quite takes this perspective. The epistolary style makes it so engaging and accessible for the middle school audience. But the book also takes on the issue of white privilege in the context of a rural north country town where most kids have no idea what it really means. I thought I was going to be reading a book based on the true story of a prison breakout that happened near my home, which had me intrigued from the start. I just finished Breakout and I hardly know what to say except please do yourself a favor and read it! I’ve been a fan of Kate Messner’s books for years but this is by far her best and perhaps most important work yet. ![]()
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