![]() ![]() Donte’s story is a good primer for younger readers on microaggressions. Rhodes points out his privilege in being well off, and how the court is willing to treat him differently after seeing his white father and white-passing brother. In the first part of the book, Donte’s school calls the police after he throws his backpack to the ground, and he is forced to go to juvenile court. Along the way, Donte makes friends, becomes an excellent fencer, and finds his place in the Boston area. ![]() Jones, a black former Olympic fencer and Boston Boys and Girls Club employee, who agrees to teach them how to fence. ![]() This quest sets Donte and Trey off on a mission to find Mr. After one too many incidents with Alan, the captain of the school fencing team, Donte decides that he has to beat him at his own game. What’s worse, all the kids at school keep bullying him and singling him out as different, while his lighter-skinned brother, Trey, passes with ease. Going to public school in New York City to now being one of the only black boys at a prep school in Newton, MA, is a dramatic shift. Gr 4-6–Donte is having a difficult time adjusting to life at Middlefield Prep. ![]()
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