+This is my review for "Best Of 2016" for my libraries blog...Technically, this book was written in late 2015, but its theme is one that is ALWAYS relevant and should be read about, and openly discussed. Rashad and Quinn are both reasonably happy teenagers, who like many of us, would rather keep their heads low and live their lives, but they are both put in a scenario that forces them to open their eyes and see, really see, even if they can’t process or understand what it is they are witnessing. Now, they have to decide whether to be active or passive. I loved how the authors used the connections to the military as an abstract purifier, or an exonerator of antagonism. Before the #blacklivesmatter movement some viewed law enforcement in a similar manner. Reynolds and Keily force us to ask ourselves WHAT is All American and WHO is All American? This book will ask you to conjure a mental image of an “all American boy”, and you might be surprised by what your mind visualizes. I kept getting goose-bumps while I was reading this and I am getting them now as I’m writing about this extremely affecting story. I can’t recommend this book enough. You don’t need to be an activist to have insight and understanding, but the temptation will be there.