'Bullet Point'

By Cam B.
 

This novel by Peter Abrahams features a teenage boy named Wyatt who is a fairly smart boy that stays out of trouble and does the right thing. His father is a convict who is serving life in prison, and he does not know much about him, other that he is bad and evil, because that is all that his mother will tell him. Other than that, he tries to live a normal life, playing baseball, and not thinking much about him.

The economy in his area takes a turn for the worst, and his local schools and markets are hemmeraging money. This causes Wyatt's high school to make numerous program cuts, including his beloved baseball team. His luck seems to have fallen just as he begins to find out who he really is. Luckily, he meets a girl in school named Greer, who seems to have taken a shine to him, and brightens his horizon. 

Greer and Wyatt, eventually become good friends and learn more about each other. It just so happens, that coinsidentally Greer's step-father is serving hard time in the very same prison that Wyatt's father is being held. Unlike Wyatt, Greer is very sad about her Step-father's sentence, and is intersted in their mutual similarities. They eventually look into it and discover that Wyatt's dad is actually cool and kind. They end up trying to break their elders out of prison, but find out that penetrating a isolated facility is harder than they anticipated.

Overall, I enjoyed the book, and could possibly read it again. I did enjoy the characters and the plot, but I don't think that Peter Abrahams really executed the climax to its full potential. I just think that he brought it all together in a way that left me wanting more. I enjoyed to journey of the story, but the ending needed some work.

Although, most of the ending is left up for the reader's own imagination, I think that instead of the police finding the container empty, with them leaving on a speedboat, they could of led them on a little further to ensure that they not look and find them where they really are going.

You should absolutely seek out this book and give it a read because it is an open ended novel, that provides the reader with opportunity to make their own assumptions about how it ends. It is entertaining, thrilling, and constantly keeps me on the edge of your seat.

Readers can find this book at the local library.