All American Boys

What he finds is a fist-happy cop who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, and a fight that becomes a national story. Rashad’s pleas that he did nothing wrong are misread as resistance, until the beating ends with witnesses and a camera recording the event. The incident forces Rashad to vanish from school life as tensions rise in the town, the basketball team, and among friends. As Rashad disappears, the community grapples with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality, while his classmate Quinn—who was raised by the officer—struggles to reconcile the man he trusted with the allegations that surface. The narrative follows the fallout on Rashad, his friends, and the wider community as they confront consequences they had never anticipated.

In this retelling of a painful event, the story centers on the impact of violence and the quick judgments that follow. Through Rashad, Quinn, and other witnesses, the book examines how a single incident can fracture trust, ignite debates about fairness, and challenge what a community believes about itself.

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• Auteur: Jason Reynolds
• Verschenen: 04/03/2021
• Pagina’s: 316
• Editie: Heruitgave, Paperback
• Uitgever: Faber and Faber
• Thema’s: politiegeweld, rassiale spanningen, gemeenschap