![]() ![]() 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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