Neighborhood Lines
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4.6 • 7 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In the heart of Boston in the 1980's—a city engulfed in turmoil and racial tensions, an unlikely friendship develops between two students at Cathedral High School. Patrick is an Irish-Catholic born leader. His friends follow him with blind allegiance. Nate is a young, disciplined, black athlete—focused on finding his way out of the neighborhood alive. The two young men find themselves on hectic school grounds, in a culture that shuns friendships like theirs.
Through a tragic turn of events, we see stereotypical statuses turned upside down. The contrasting characters display the power of individual choice and response to life's circumstances. Though the corruption and racism of Patrick and Nate's Boston culture posed an equal threat to both, their respective choices to pick themselves up, find their resolve, and get past their environment, caused them to rise above it all.
This is the story of a Boston friendship that crossed neighborhood lines, broke cultural boundaries, and propelled two adolescents to rethink the world around them. May we all be impacted by the education this eye-opening read has to offer!
Customer Reviews
Good Read
For someone who lives in this area it was very interesting reading this book and when I finally got around to reading it I couldn’t put it down! I like the authors way of storytelling and how he can switch from past to present in different chapters. It definitely added to the suspense. It’s also interesting how it is told in two sides. Patrick and Nate are from two different backgrounds, but put aside their differences and find common ground in this book. Lots of twists and turns and made me keep wanting more. I highly recommend this type of genre. The only thing I would have to critique is that Nate and Patrick’s characters are not super developed, they have virtues and morals that get compromised during the story, but perhaps I wanted more depth to them and their relationships around them. Just my two cents. Otherwise it was a good book and I’d definitely read it again!