What Lane?

If you are wondering how to begin confronting AntiBlack racism in your classroom start with What LaneSchool Library Journal The Classroom Bookshelf STAY IN YOUR LANE Stephen doesn t want to hear thathe wants to have no lane Anything his friends can do Stephen should be able to do too right So when they dare each other to sneak into an abandoned building he doesn t think it s his lane but he goes Here s the thing though Can he do everything his friends can Lately he s not so sure As a mixed kid he feels like he s living in two worlds with different rulesand he s been noticing that strangers treat him differently than his white friends So what ll he do Hold on tight as Stephen swerves in and out of lanes to find out which are hisand who should be with him Torrey Maldonado author of the highly acclaimed Tight does a masterful job showing a young boy coming of age in a racially split world trying to blaze a way to be his best self