Review: DOWN SYNDROME AND GANGS - THE CHOICES WE MAKE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2011
Hazardous Choices by Joseph Rinaldo is a story about a young man who is a member of a gang and struggles to leave it.  Had this been the entire story line it would have been a very bland young adult story with an unpredictable end. Fortunately for we the reader it is more than a boy gets out of the ghetto through sports story.As I entered the world of collegiate football I was introduced to a young man named Eric Rotellie.  Why put his story into the story of Darnell's? Eric the son of one of the coaches has Down's syndrome; it was through his eyes that I read the story of Darnell, college football, dating and gang life.I enjoy stories like Hazardous Choices because of the multiple story layers woven into the one central theme. The story could have been a biography instead of a great fictional story. Hazardous Choices addresses the consequences of making decisions that may seem like the only plausible solution at the time but have unwanted side effects.  It also examines the various labels of convenience we place on a population that many do not want to think about.I recommend this ebook.