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Bang, By Sharon G. Flank is the best book I have ever read in my whole life. This book is so well written when I started to read it I could not put it down. I found myself reading for an hour or 2 straight. Any time I had a chance I would read. I promise you if you read this book you will fall in love with it.  The main idea of this book is just Mann trying to find a better life for his family. His dad is abusive and he beats Mann, the main character, constantly. His mom is always sad and depressed over the death of Mann’s little brother, Jason. In the middle Mann’s father tries to toughen him up by taking him and Mann’s best friend, Kee-lee, on a camping trip. While on this camping trip they learned how to shoot a gun and fight. But something crazy happens that they never imagined would happen.  Mann is a young 13 year old boy. He has a very hard life because of where he lives. He is a black kid so some places he goes he does not get treated very nice. There is actually a part where Mann gets beat up just because of his skin color. Then there is Kee-lee. He is also a young black boy. Kee-lee is not the best influence on Mann but they are still the best of friends. Kee-lee is usually the one to get them into trouble. My favorite part about Mann is that he is very nice young man who doesn't want anything to do with all the violence and crime that is going in his life. My favorite part about Kee-lee is that he does not let anybody push him around or be mean to him. He will always stick up for himself and his friends.

One thing that I think made this book so good is the settings. The setting changes fairly often. When I say that I don't just mean where they are. The setting changes from a happy environment to a sad and depressed environment and to a mad one. The places they change often too. It goes from there crappy life in the city to A camping trip and then to the country. If you start to read this book you will never be able to predict when the setting is going to change or what is going to happen next.

If you read this book you will have a totally different outlook on life. When I was done with this book I was so thankful for everything that I had. I realized that there are kids out there don't even have a quarter of what I have. When I was on my way to my Aunt's house for dinner once we passed through the city on the way there. I will never ride through the city and not think of the type of things Mann had to go through.