A review by afro8921
Tyrell by Coe Booth

4.0

Tyrell is a 15 year old homeless boy struggling to keep his family together after his father is incarcerated. He stays in a roach infested hotel with his mother and brother while they wait for housing. Tyrell's living situation is made even more tenuous by his mother's previous housing scams. His mother's refusal to accept any responsibility for his younger brother, or the current state of their family, drives Tyrell to try and find a way out of their current crisis. Ms. Coe pens a good read depicting the different voices many young men must sift through in order to make a path to a brighter future. This novel doesn't end in an exactly healthy place. The reader is left waiting to see how the rest of Tyrell's story ends. This would be a great read for teens or tweens who enjoy realistic fiction.