Never Go Home Again: A Novel

Things I Learned: Don't do or sell drugs. You'll end up dead or in prison.

Comments: This was a novel about life on the streets by someone who had been there.

Corey gets sucked into the drug trade on his block. He is witness to violence and also commits violence. He goes to prison where he is given the chance to choose between going straight, a choice represented by Tate, another inmate, or continuing his life of crime, represented by Doc, also an inmate.

At the beginning of the book, Corey is told by the GED teacher in prison, "Never go home again." Corey discovers too late the fateful signifigance of that advice.

I had to wonder how much choice someone from Corey's environment has. This book raised a lot of questions ab out the show more American justice system, racism, oppression and moral codes - that of Corey's church-going parents and the codes of the street and prison.

The editing could have been better, as well as the proofreading. "Accept" was used when it should have been "except" and there wre some problems with the colloquial and slang used in the dialog. However, it was an excellent book. I would recommend this to fans of urban fiction and those interested in social justice. show less