After Tupac & D Foster

Woodson, J. (2008).  After Tupac & D Foster.  New York, NY:  The Penguin Group.

This was an interesting story.  I liked how the story of these African American girls was so involved with what was going on with Tupac.  They felt like he understood them and where they came from.  They were devastated when he was shot and going to prison and being shot again and dying.  I couldn’t figure out why they never asked D more about her.  The book was about growing up, change, passing of times, hopes, and life. She had a gay brother in prison who was arrested and accused wrongly.  She had an athletic brother who struggled a little with his grades.  She had a working mom and no permission to leave the neighborhood without her supervision.  The three girls were best of friends, and there was some envy when it came to D’s freedom.  The night they snuck out and took the bus to the symposium was one of the greatest days of their lives.  They felt the freedom and loved it.  When Topac was killed, D was gone.  She finally left her foster mom and went with her real mom.  They did not realize how little they truly new D, but she was a great friend.  They didn’t know where to contact her and where she was.  She finally showed up with her white mother and after a while, she was gone again.  This time, she left for good.