A review by lanica
Jackpot by Nic Stone

4.0

I hate it when I read a really good book, but I can't put it into my library because there is a single-sex scene or unnecessarily vulgar language. In this case, I am super disappointed because neither of them was really needed. I get that this was a high school senior, but truly, she seemed like an 8th, 9th or 10th grader to me. I would have loved to put this book into the hands of some of my 5th grades. The story was awesome. But, I can't because there's off-screen sex (which is a talking point between characters) and the word orgasmic (which I know my kids would go online to lookup).

Damn!

This is a book perfect for discussion about economic inequalities. So much discussion. If only I could go back in time and ask Mrs. Stone to reconsider those two moments...

This school librarian is SO DISAPPOINTED!