It was interesting to read a good aimed at 'young adults', and if this is the sort of stuff that older teenagers are reading it is probably OK for me! It certainly isn't patronising. The book proposes an interesting political twist, describing a police state where the under class are white and those of other races are in control. The only achievers are black, mixed race, or Asian. Schools are largely prohibited to white children, and there is a terrorist liberation movement waging a campaign of violence to gain advancement. This isn't great literature and some of the plot is trite, the language isn't challenging, but maybe that is important - it means all reading abilities can have access. The central story line of love across the divide isn't developed predictably, but I have to say the author doesn't really represent the motivations of most young men terribly realistically. Overall though it deserves a rating of 7/10
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