Ehrenberg, Pamela. Ethan, Suspended. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007. ISBN : 978-0-8028-5324-0Ethan thinks he is just staying with his grandparents for a few days, but it soon becomes clear that he is staying in their Washington, DC house for an undetermined amount of time. His parents have recently separated, his sister just left for college and his friends from back home in Maple Heights, Pennsylvania have all turned on him after an incident they were all involved in left only him in trouble. Now he is stuck living with his grandparents in a world with no computer, early dinners, coupon clipping and as the only white student in a school where you can only be friends with the Latino kids, or the African American kids. Eventually he begins to adjust. He accepts the situation with his parents and regrets the decisions that brought him to DC. He even makes friends in his new school, friends that are very different from his old friends. Friends that will hopefully stick with him during tough times.
No comments:
Post a Comment