Playground - 50 Cent & Lizzi Akana

Playground

By 50 Cent & Lizzi Akana

  • Release Date: 2011-11-01
  • Genre: Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 52 Ratings

Description

Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn't have much going for him. He's teased mercilessly about his weight. He hates the Long Island suburb his mom moved them to and wishes he still lived with his dad in the city. And now he's stuck talking to a totally out-of-touch therapist named Liz.

Liz tries to uncover what happened that day on the playground - a day that landed one kid in the hospital and Butterball in detention. Butterball refuses to let her in on the truth, and while he evades her questions, he takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today.

This devastating yet ultimately redemptive story is told in voice-driven prose and accented with drawings and photographs, making it a natural successor to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Loosely inspired by 50 Cent's own adolescence, and written with his fourteen-year-old son in mind, Playground is sure to captivate wide attention - and spark intense discussion.

Reviews

  • Must have

    5
    By Maurice Grissett
    I have the hard copy and spent 15 well spent dollars that I didn't have ...and I'm glad I did
  • The Play Ground

    5
    By JWARD239
    Great understanding from both sides, My kids will read it. Thanks
  • Enjoyable

    3
    By Royal Gems
    This book was a pretty good read. Though, being somewhat of a writer myself, I'd seen a fair amount of avenues this story could've gone down. All in all it's a pretty good story & may be motivational to younger kids that may read it.