![]() ![]() This is the first poetic novel that I have read first in print. There is an undercurrent of jazz throughout the book, which is accented by this being a novel in poetry. Meanwhile, she is dating Cruz, the star baseball player at their high school, who is trying to pressure Sam into sex. Much of the book is about Noah’s attempt to find a way to talk to Sam about his affection for her. The third member of the trio is Sam, and Noah has been in love with her since the third grade but cannot tell her. ![]() He is not very good at baseball, but he works hard and keeps practicing, trying to get onto the team as a junior. Swing is both obsessed with baseball and jazz. Noah’s best friend is Walt, who wants to be called Swing. It is primarily told through the voice of Noah, the only child of a couple who also manages a hotel. Swing (not a follow-up to Solo as I thought it was) is about three teens. Still, with less experience of the world, and less capacity for communication and emotion processing, there is also less understanding of how our decisions impact others. It is not that only teens make poor decisions, but that part of being a teen is that the consequences of our decisions are opaque to us. Summary: A trio of high school students make their way through growing up, romance, jazz, and racism.Īs I have been reading the Harry Potter books to my kids, I have been reminded that one of the things I do not like about young adult literature is the poor decision-making of real young adults. ![]()
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