I don't have any strong opinions on this book; I though it was a nice read and pretty educational. I loved the references sprinkled throughout and ended up reading a little on the town itself. The book is very true to history—Levittown is a real town and in the 1950s there was a black family, the Myers, who moved into the neighborhood and dealt with a lot of the issues the characters deal with. 

Calvin was an easy character to root for and I particularly lived his relationship with his brother and Eugene. I thought the romance was okay but wish Lily had been given more to shine as her own character; I feel like we mostly saw her through Calvin's point of view. I didn't care for Ben and Alex,

their turnaround felt abrupt

and they were too underdeveloped for me to care about their friendship with Calvin. In terms of the thriller element, I thought this book was lacking.

The death of Darren was brushed over too fast and the way it was handled felt unrealistic.

I liked the exploration into the privileges and struggles Calvin experienced as a passing person but still felt like it couldn't been explored deeper with a more complex lens. I know this review seems a bit critical and this could be because I'm not the target age group for this book but, that being said, I would highly highly reccomend it to someone younger like my sister. This is the kind of book I wish my English teachers in highschool had kept in the classroom for us to read.