Black And White Summary

Whenever you're looking for a book to read, something that people highly reccomend is finding out what the book is about, and getting a preview of sorts. It's like how before you go see a movie, you check out the trailer and see what you're in for. It's the same thing for books. Black and White is about two high school seniors, Marcus and Eddie. Marcus is an African-American, and Eddie is white, but they're still best friends, even holding the title Black and White, which they're referred because of their achievements on the basketball court, and the fact they're pretty much inseparable, enough to the point that Eddie's family has "adopted" Marcus as one of their own. This is a huge theme in the book, because of the fact that they're of different races, but they're able to have a strong friendship. Their friendship is put on the rocks after they commit several robberies of people, ending in one man being shot. During a basketball game, in a true sense of irony, Marcus is arrested. Black and White's friendship, along with their future, is all put into the hands of Marcus, who is faced with a choice so many people have: Snitch on Eddie, and possibly get less, or even no time, or keep his mouth shut and take the punishment. Black and White deals with themes such as racism, loyalty, and most importantly, friendship, and the book's author, Paul Volponi, did a fantastic job covering all of these subjects.