Solo

Solo by Kwame Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved The Crossover, and so I eagerly jumped into this book. Blade is the son of a has-been musical superstar, and he looks at his father's antics, including drugs and booze, as so childish, and so not what his life will be about. Blade is very much in love with Chapel, but her parents have forbidden the relationship, because of Blade's notorious family. When Blade discovers that he was adopted, he sets out to Ghana to find his birth mother. This book is funny, sad, and filled with old song lyrics. It is a fast read, and absolutely fits the 8th grade to high school library. It is written in the same style as The Crossover, free verse, which makes it great for reluctant readers.


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