The storytelling peels back those layers of indifference and shows the harmful, ugly truth. BREAKOUT did an amazing job showing what might be called more subtle racism-things where you might at first dismiss the incident as not a big deal or the result of some oversensitivity. I’ve read several books lately that show racism and its pervasiveness in schools and communities. Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics–a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project–BREAKOUT is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who’s really welcome in the places we call home. Even if police catch the inmates, she worries that home might never feel the same. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. But when two inmates break out of the town’s maximum security prison, everything changes. Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek–two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. Published on JAmazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Breakout
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