A loving portrait of what it means to be in high school nowadays. Cooper managed to capture about 8 kids' school years at Walter Payton High School in Chicago. Most of them were seniors, but there were a couple of juniors as well. Not all are exceptional students, but Cooper brings each them out in a perfectly lovely way that brings the reader into their lives. One is an athlete, one is driving to be a politician, one is a dancer, one is a slacker, one is a player, one is an immigrant.... The one problem with this book is that it moves so quickly that there really isn't enough focus on each student to get to know them beyond the sketch, similar to the sketches throughout the book. The good side is that this is a VERY quick read.
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