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product_id: 66013945
title: "Breakout"
brand: "kate messner"
price: "218 Lei"
currency: RON
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 6
url: https://www.desertcart.ro/products/66013945-breakout
store_origin: RO
region: Romania
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# Breakout

**Brand:** kate messner
**Price:** 218 Lei
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Breakout by kate messner
- **How much does it cost?** 218 Lei with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    If you truly want to begin to have conversations about race, pick another book
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018*

I read this book as a follow up to Jewell Parker Rhodes "Ghost Boys." In short, "Breakout" is the rated G, 3rd grader-friendly version of books with racial themes that are becoming more and more popular in YA novels (and rightfully so). From the very first page, I waited for Nora, Lizzie, and Elodie dig deep into the problems that go beyond the prisoner escape in their community. Yes, Messner uses words like "racial profiling" and "racial bias", but we never see the characters in this novel think  and reflect upon their implications.Nora's brother is the only one who really tries to grapple with race, but already has to look forward to escaping Wolf Creek in order to have those tough conversations. Even at the end of the book, when Nora circles back around to an earlier dinner conversation revolving around the prison system being "broken and racially biased" (426), her father (the adult) is unwilling to truly reflect on the happenings of the entire novel (that he was directly involved in) and avoids having a real conversation.  With the plethora of deep, thought-provoking and conversation starting YA novels currently available, Breakout will not have a space in my read aloud selection in the classroom  this year.

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    An important middle-grade read
  

*by J***L on Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018*

Set in a small town in New York State, BREAKOUT is a wonderful middle-grade read that explores unjust judgments, fear, and self-awareness. I love how the novel is a composition of the artifacts included in the school’s time capsule; letters, newspaper articles, and first-hand accounts of the weeks in which this small town was essentially in lockdown because two inmates escaped the federal prison located in the small town. The main characters had a personal connection to the prison. A dad that was warden to a brother that was an inmate. Through this stressful time and self-reflection, growth was made. Change was made. BREAKOUT would be a perfect read aloud for grades 5 and up. A must-have for school and classroom libraries.

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    Highly Recomended Entertaining, Empathy-Building Read for Kids and Adults.
  

*by K***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018*

Couldn't put BREAKOUT down -- first, because it was such a great read and second, because my 13 year old son kept stealing it from me. Loved the voices in this book, captured and shared through various documents -- letters, texts, comics, satirical news, poems, announcements, student news articles, media news reports, transcribed recordings of conversations -- compiled as part of a time capsule project. BREAKOUT does an amazing job at comparing/contrasting rural v. city life and the microaggressions that a black family faces in a predominantly white town. The poems that Elidee creates based on Jackie Woodson's BROWN GIRL DREAMING and lyrics from Hamilton are a beautiful way to convey Elidee's frustrations with her family's situation and her new community. BREAKOUT will no doubt create amazing conversations among readers in living rooms, classrooms, and book clubs. While the suspense of the manhunt kept me turning pages, the beauty of the characters and the commentary on how we can be better humans will be the reason I keep BREAKOUT in my head and heart. Highly recommend for entertainment value and empathy building.

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