Review: A different read for me
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
I bought this book because of a forum post and decided to give it a try.The story starts in New York with a kidnapping and a strange ransom. Get the gang leader's little brother out of New York and protect him.Bo finds himself on a plane to New Mexico and a new life with an older hispanic couple who take him in, no questions asked. As the only black child in the community, Bo, now Bobby, has a big adjustment to make. Not only is he in a completely different state, he's in a completely different environment and adjustment isn't easy.What I loved most about this book was the relationship between Bobby and The Man, as he calls his foster father. Bobby has to learn to live with entirely different dangers than he lived with on the streets of New York. Snakes, for example, and through it all The Man teaches Bobby with a calm, steady patience.This is a good, solid story, with good, solid characters and one I hope to read again.