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229 pp.
| Lee/Tu |
September, 2018 |
PaperISBN 978-1-62014-855-6$19.95
(2)
YA
Illustrated by
Corban Wilkin.
Neri's comics-format "second-hand memoir" is about his cousin Gail Ruffu, a former horse trainer who horse-napped thoroughbred Urgent Envoy to rescue him from racing on a fractured leg. Neri details events preceding the fateful Christmas Eve evening and the legal battles that followed. Expressive, dynamic brown-and-white ink panels bring immediacy to the emotional and financial turmoil Ruffu endured. The intense, candid story underscores the risks and rewards of uncompromised activism.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2019