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Jun 04, 2016skyekilaen rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Canada grew up in the South Bronx in the late 1950s. This masterful adaptation of his work by Jamar Nicholas traces the violence he saw growing up, that he ended up participating in, and that he finally committed his life to working against by building opportunities for youth. My husband describes it as real, thought-provoking, but still compelling as a work of literature. Not one of those “true story” books you want to sleep through. I’d agree, and I think it’s because the book doesn’t spoon feed you. Instead it presents a series of quiet vignettes, with depth and human emotion for all parties involved. You draw your own conclusions. One of the best graphic novel memoirs we've read.