Solo Book Review by 8th Grader Jimena

In Solo By Kwame Alexander Blade is a kid that is being lied to a lot by his father Rex and he’s just trying to make sense of all his problems in his head. Blade finds a horrifying truth about him and his family and doesn’t  know what to do next so he runs. Blade runs to Africa to find someone important to him that will change the way he sees life. Blade will find someone equally as important or maybe more important who will give him the answers to all his questions so he can make peace with himself as well as with his family. He doesn’t know who he is and his whole life he has been judged because of his father and has been compared to him as well. Blade has been told that he will do alcohol and drugs like his dad without people giving him the benefit of the doubt. When Blade finds out about his family’s secret, he can’t believe all the things he had to go through, like embarrassment and the comparison to his dad. When Blade left, he left to find answers and to find out who he really is. Will he finally find the answers to all his questions.

I considered this book to be fantastic because it makes you more aware of the people around you. I feel like it also teaches you to choose the people who you want in your life wisely because they can end up stabbing you in the back. In my opinion, Solo shows you to appreciate the life you have and the people you have in your life because while you have it bad, there might be someone who has it even worse.