The Moves Make the Man

Bruce Brooks is an incredibly awesome writer. When he's at his best, as he seems to be in this book, reading his words is like riding the world's most thrilling roller coaster, dipping and rolling and dropping and whirling at a breathless pace, hardly able to mentally catch up with what's happening......more

I really enjoyed this book. It surprised me with its subtlety and nuances. The novel is about a boy named Bix, and it's told from the first-person perspective of Bix's friend, Jerome. The book takes place in the 1960s, and Jerome is black, and Bix is white. Jerome first sees Bix at a baseball game (......more

I recommend this strange and beautiful book for readers of all ages. It is a YA book and I think gets heavy rotation in schools. I may have even read it when I was younger, but don't remember having read it. It's fascinating to read as an adult. It tells the story of a young african-american boy in......more