Snitchers

3.25 this book has some great bones and is worth reading but this book is written like a middle grade and its cover looks middle grade but would have benefited from being firmly young adult. The tone is sometimes far too light for the heavy subject matter it is dealing with. And this book doesn't go......more

If you're looking for a black Nancy Drew book, then Snitchers is a perfect fit for you. When five year old Little Petey is shot in his front yard, Nia is beside herself. If only she had been there a few minutes earlier. She was on her way to babysit him when he got caught in crossfire and became an......more

Nia’s just a few minutes late to her job babysitting five year old Little Petey; when she arrives he’s lying by his bike in his front yard, dead from a drive-by shooting. Nia’s dad died from gun violence a few years earlier and gunfire is common in her community so Petey’s death fills Nia with guilt......more

This would have been better as an adult book about a coming-of-age story.......more

Well written YA with a sad story but a good message. We love representation!!!......more