Booker Longlist: Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Book 6 – reviewed by panelists Book Worm, Nicole, Tracy, Lisa, and Susie.
Leila Mottley was born in 2003 in Oakland, California, where she still lives and works.
Synopsis from Booker Prize website:
At once agonising and mesmerising, Nightcrawling presents a haunting vision of marginalised young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world.
‘When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.’
Determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her, a 17-year-old girl finds herself walking the mean streets of Oakland after dark. When she is picked up by the police, the gruesome deal they offer in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm – and facing a terrible choice.
If she agrees to testify, she could help expose the corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price – one that could leave her family vulnerable to retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.
This book has been getting glowing reviews but what did our panel think? Keep reading to find out.
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