I love how this is a coming-of-age teenage novel about a young girl with the usual high school drama topics, but then at the same time provides a lot of insight on race. The protagonist has to navigate through two different worlds, one poor black neighborhood full of struggle and violence (but also community), the other her white high school environment, and she constantly feels she is betraying one for the other. And the tensions between those two worlds obviously flare up after one of her best friends is murdered by a cop with her being the witness in what becomes #blacklivesmatter saga. I think people (especially young people!) can get a lot of understanding out of this quick-read that will help them to better deal with race in their personal lives as well.