Lockdown

This book review is about “Lockdown” by Walter Dean Myers. He has written “Shooter”, “Monster”, and “Scorpions”. “Lockdown” is very similar to the other books that he has written. Myers’ books are about tens in jail and the struggles of black teens.  Reese Anderson is a fourteen-year-old in Progress Detention Facility for stealing prescription pads from a doctor’s office. While in jail he makes an unlikely friend that gives him lessons for getting through tough times. The theme of this book is personal responsibility.

               

Reese has been at Progress for two years, he dreadfully wanted to be released from the jail. The administration saw that he had good behavior and decided to place him on a program to shorten his sentence. Mr. Cintron is one of the people that works at Progress and has always believed that Reese had potential to in the program. One day he is taken to the police station to be interrogated by police about the death of a woman caused by a drug overdose. He is facing twenty years in a federal prison for the death; He must try to that he only stole the pads and didn’t take any drugs from the office. A part that I found intriguing was when Mr. Pugh said that his dad always told him” the snake that’s gonna kill you is probably wearing your damned shirt” (Myers 222).

               

I would recommend this book to others because it is a very exciting and never gets boring. The people that would most enjoy this book are those that like books that keep you hooked throughout the whole book and those that like reading about violent, also those that want to know about the struggles of others. This book has been one of the best that I have ever read. If this doesn’t sound like you then I recommend that you read another book.

Book Review by Jeshua C.