This debut boldly tackles some really tough issues in a really excellent way. I was very impressed, especially considered it was a debut. The main character Gil is really likable and it didn’t take me long to be cheering him on. Gil has a lot going on with his family (his dad is in Jamaica and working on papers to come back to America and his Grandmother has the beginning stages of dementia) but he is still excited about his new challenge of the prep school he is starting for his senior year. But the mostly white prep school wasn’t ready for him and after a racist comment he gets in a fight with another boy and is the only punished he realizes he wasn’t as welcome as he had been led to believe. This story is about identity but it is also about the more sneaky bias and prejudice that is sadly all too common. I thought the writing was very good and look forward to reading more by this author.