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Title: Wirewalker

Author: Mary Lou Hall

Narrator: Prentice Onayemi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes heroes can be found in the most unlikely places.

Fourteen-year-old Clarence Feather knows no world beyond desolate Mayfair Heights. Three years ago, his mother was killed before his eyes by a stray bullet. When his father becomes unable to keep the family afloat, Clarence is manipulated into running drugs. But he longs to be a good person, in spite of the seemingly impossible odds.

Wandering through his neighborhood, Clarence meets Mona, a huge albino Great Dane. The two develop a deep bond. When he is forced to attend a dog fight as a rite of passage, Clarence realizes that Mona isn't safe, and neither is he. Can he find a way to protect Mona? Can he survive life in Mayfair Heights and still become the person his mother wanted him to be?

A novel about self-reliance, difficult choices, and imagination in the face of danger and isolation, Wirewalker is a masterfully written debut that blends gritty realism with moments of fantastical escape.

Members Reviews:

Playing superhero/ wirewalker in his head while the real world is hell

Fourteen year old Claraence is surrounded by family and friends that are leading him down the path of drug dealing, dog fights and other illegal activity. His mother died in from of him in his home in a drive-by shooting and he is trying to do right by her memory while trying to survive in his neighborhood, a wirewalk. He loves school and gets good grades and lives in his fanasty world where he is a wirewalker or a superhero, to give him courage to do what he needs to do. A teacher at his school, a corner store owner, and his "bodyguard" are his guardian angels, trying to help him down the right path. But reality hits, breaking his fanasty world and forces him to see what could be lost if he does not act. Because he cannot remain a wirewalker forever...

Clarence's story drew me in and the "what happens next" kept me turning the pages. It made me think about what I would do in his shoes and how his life seemed almost set out for him with few choices to make. It seemed like the ending was abrupt and left a lot of loose ends, which was the only thing I did not like about the book.

I rated a book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.

I received an advanced copy of this book from Penguin's First to Read Program with no requirement to review book.

Gripping read!

I would recommend this book to adults as well as young adults. Having lived in D.C. And Richmond, as well as several other cities, it was especially gripping to read this and learn the tough roads some young people must navigate just to survive, let alone thrive. Kudos to Mary Lou Hall for such an in depth, riveting, and heart wrenching, heartwarming journey.

Four Stars

Enjoyed!

Heartachingly beautiful story

Wow... This book was truly incredible. It was a serious perspective-changer for me. Clarence is such a good kid. A kind-hearted, animal-loving, straight A student who is set up by his circumstances for complete failure. But he uses his instincts to survive. He knows who is angels are in the community, and he uses them to balance himself as he finds himself in a life he cannot stomach.

It's hard to read at times, because it feels so real. So heartbreaking. So many times, as the reader, I found myself thinking "Isn't there anyone who can help? Why doesn't he call the police?" etc, but I know he couldn't have.