All American Boys Book Review

(2 stars)

Documenting the lives of two high school seniors, one white and one black, All American Boys delivers a fresh and honest look at police brutality. After being wrongly accused of stealing, Rashad, a black teenager, is beaten on the sidewalk by a police officer. Quinn accidentally stumbles upon the scene and wants nothing to do with it. As Rashad nurses physical and emotional injuries and Quinn grapples with ideas of courage and patriotism, they both learn that racism is very real and prevalent in our modern world.