Monday, October 02, 2006

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In the October 6 issue of Entertainment Weekly:
Miller, a journalist, goes to Kansas City's Central High expecting to find a sobering story about poor minority students who, trapped in an area plagued by random violence and in a school deemed "academically deficient," just don't stand a chance. Instead, he becomes a passionate advocate for the school's thriving debate team and writes an account of its rise to the top of the national circuit. Miller spends too much ink describing every match-fiery arguments citing Foucault and humanism dominate over half the book's nearly 500 pages--but his enthusiasm is infectious and the plot creates the suspense of a good courtroom thriller. EW Grade: B+

1 comment:

Applecart T. said...

remember what "EW" sounds like when you pronouce it. they only care about what's "entertaining," after all.

my amazon is letting me down! my book is in transit, i presume, but should have been here by now. grrr.