Which Way Home?!?

Ethan Morales

This Way Home
By Wes Moore


Have you ever thought of a start to a basketball career, but the area you live in keeps you from doing so?

Set the scene, Elijah Thomas who is very talented at basketball and wants to continue his career into college and hopefully the NBA. Elijah in his neighborhood that he calls the Battleground is a top player who is known by everyone to be very good at basketball. But when you live in a neighborhood that is in a very dangerous part of town, as well as many gang related ideals take place on every corner. How can Elijah continue to strive in basketball if all around him everything is bringing him down? How will Elijah deal with these issues? Read This Way Home  By, Wes Moore to find out.

If you enjoy realistic fiction books that are based around real life settings and social problems this book is for you! This book is an amazingly published book as it compares and contrasts your personality with the main character. The theme the author sets is a very realistic setting that is based in the "hood" (or a neighborhood struggling through poverty). As the main character progresses through the book he encounters a lot of gang violence and gang related ideals. The main character Elijah spoke to me because of how the other created his character as a boy who loves basketball and is a hard worker. Also, how he is reapectful and gets things done.

An issue with this book I feel is that the chapters may seem to short for the average reader and for that a problem occurs because when a new chapter starts it is basically a new story of the main characters life. That is the only issue I have found with this book.

I recommend this book to all teenagers as it can relate to your life in many certain and spectacular
ways. Also, if you have read All American Boys you would like this book because it is a very similar style of writing.