Beautiful. Graceful. Honest. Everyone should read this book, and then discuss it with someone else. 
 Not only is this book relevant to today's culture, but it is really well-written. The honest portrayal of characters as real people, the humor sprinkled throughout (I laughed out loud at a lot of the dialogue), the wrestling with racism. It's uncomfortable in parts, but that's the point. I also applaud the author for the ending,(view spoiler)[where there is no answer given. I wanted the book to end with justice for Khalil, but the ending is more realistic. (hide spoiler)] There is no one-battle solution to defeat racism, but we just have to keep doing right. 
 "Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right."