Melissa

University Laboratory High School 1212 W. Springfield Ave. Urbana IL, 61801 9-30-08

Marc Aronson University Laboratory High School Author 1212 W. Springfield Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Atheneum books for young readers 9-30-08 1230 Ave of Americas # Conc1 New York, NY 10020

Over all, I thought //Race// was a good read. One of the things I really liked about //Race// was how you said that we are all prejudiced in our own ways. I think that it adds power to your book when you provide your own example of how you are prejudiced. To me, it adds a sense of honesty and trust to your work.

One of the things I disliked was when you began to speak about the Germans on page 208. While it gives //Race// a certain humanity to talk and admit your own prejudice, I felt that this passage was out of place. I was especially lost when you began to speak about your resentment towards Germans, saying that “I resent their soccer team” or “ I resent every bite of food they savor.” While Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP (Nationalsoczialiste Deutsche Arbeitspartei) were responsible for the atrocities committed during the time of WWII, that does not mean that all Germans agree with Hitler'sview or with any of the terrible things he did.

Another thing that I disliked about //Race// was that throughout the //whole// book, you speak about prejudice and the horrible things it has done over the course of time. Even in the last chapter, you talk about how everyone's prejudiced, and barely address what we can do to change it. I think that the last chapter could be improved if you extended your ideas of how to prevent prejudice.

In general, I thought it was a great book and I'm glad it was assigned here at Uni. Sincerely,

Melissa Rosas