Four teenagers -- The Shoveler, WhatCanIGetYou?, Loretta the flea circus ringmistress, and privileged Malcolm -- are guided by The Freak to better their lives and discover their connection.
This book won the Printz Award this year so I decided to try to read it. It is told from multiple points of view including the five connected teenagers, a racist teen, and a couple who have lost connection with their family. While the premise was interesting I was very distracted by the very heavy-handed way it conveyed its message. There was literally a point in the book where a character starts yelling at the reader to wake up and stop being racist. I also think the book did what too many "realistic" fiction books do -- stuff too many issues into a story including racism, abuse, death and more.
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