by Dawn Turner
In the book Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner, three black girls by the names of Dawn, Kim, and Debra grow up in a small community in Chicago in the 1980s, with Kim only several years younger than Dawn and Debra. Kim is Dawn’s little sister while Debra is her best friend.
I liked the quote, “Prophet told us a storm was coming.” because it symbolized the part where Kim dies. I think that’s important because Kim’s death deeply impacted Dawn’s life. The storm represents the death of Kim and the sorrow that sweeps over the family. The Prophet works at the church they go to.
I disliked this book because it was too sad. Kim died from a drug overdose, Dawn was struggling with depression, and the Blacks were being discriminated against. They were all very sad events. It was also very difficult to comprehend, with many words I didn’t understand.
I thought the book was realistic, as if it could happen to any one of us right now. We could be going to school and our friends quit doing bad things, our sisters start them, and we are stuck in the middle.
Overall, it was ok. I recommend this book to teenagers in high school and college because it was hard to understand