Deadly, Unna?

It only gets two stars because it does a decent job of commenting on social issues. Otherwise, a utterly unreadable book. The plot goes nowhere really, it just kinda meanders around before getting to what it wants to say about the social issues it addresses. I kept see plot points being set up and going, so is he going to.. or .. no? I spent the first three quarters wondering what this book was about. Football...no, A YA books about friends...no, teenage love...no, ahh finally... racism. It feels like 250 pages of some random kid from a random town, with a little commentary on social issues. Took me many sittings to finish- I found myself reading 5 pages and putting it down because of how boring it was. Would have given up within 30 pages if it wasn't required reading.