[LM_NET] BOOK: To love mercy by Joseph

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Joseph, Frank S. To love mercy. Mid-Atlantic Highlands, 2006 [0-9744785-3-9]
This is a tale of two boys (one white and one African American) in the years
following World War II in Chicago.  Steve (a Jewish white boy from Hyde
Park) and his family go to the ball park and get hassled by some African
American kids and one of them (Sass) accidentally gets hurt and Steve's
family drops him off at the hospital.  Steve and Sass end up going on an
adventure trying to find something Steve's grandfather lost.  This 290 page
book illustrates the racism of the late 1940's in Chicago.  It is nice to
see how the boys eventually become friends (although very reluctantly at
first.)  Sass never has left the black section of towns and knows his
boundaries in society and he keeps having to remind Steve of this.  I found
the book difficult to read because the author did not use any quotation
marks when people are speaking.  This being said, it is a good period piece
to read.  I purchased this because a parent recommended it to me.

-- 
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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