Knockout Games, G. Neri

Knockout Games, G. Neri   298 pages

  
     This book disturbed me from the very beginning to the very end, and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. A new girl moves to St. Louis amidst the divorce of her parents, and has a really hard time fitting in at her new high school.  She ends up falling in with a group of kids who play a game known as the Knockout Game.  One of the more enjoyable parts of reading this book was the fact that it was set here, and that G. Neri gives SLPL a shout out, but the book felt familiar.  He is able to discuss issues of race and class in a way that is palatable for teens and so very relevant to our times and climate surrounding the city as of late.