Duty or Desire by Patrick Jones & Marshunna Clark, 106 pages
This is another of the Unbarred series, good for reluctant
readers. Alejandro is just out of jail for resisting arrest when two
officers attacked and beat him for basically no reason. He has found out
that the two officers are still doing this. their most recent victim is a
young African American teen, Chrissie. Chrissie doesn't want to do
anything about her attack although her family is pressuring her to press
charges or bring a lawsuit. When she meets Alejandro, she is relieved
that he understands her situation but he also agrees that the officers should
be stopped. This is definitely a good choice for reluctant readers and
has a kind of surprise ending in my opinion but I doubt I will read anymore
from this series. Jones is a good writer but there isn't as much depth to
these stories as I would like.
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