Washington Black

The premise and first half were so good, and the writing is great throughout, but the second half of the plot dragged with a lot of telling and overly wrapped up character connections. I was emotionally invested in Wash for almost all of the book, but the other two main characters didn't draw me in. Dion Graham's audio narration was excellent, but I switched to the book at the end to finish. I was so excited for this to be on next year's BOB list, I'm curious to hear what the kids will think about it.