Kipligat's Chance--#34 finished

Not too bad. It is a more of a coming of age book about a boy and his family and the problems they are going through. The are originally from Kenya but had to flee the country and ended up in Canada. They are now living in basically slum like conditions and everyone in the family goes through very rough parts along with his older brother missing still in Kenya. Through all of this as well as having a screwup friend that gets them in trouble often, John is able to concentrate and excel in his running.

There are parts there where it seems too much is happening, where I really doubt the story. The poor characters are just being piled on and rational thought is not present--although everyone has their struggles. I actually kind of liked the reality of some characters just disappearing or leaving midway through and not being brought back to wrap up at the end--they were gone. A kind of nice touch of reality that doesn't always happen in books, it seems every author wants to let you catch up on everyone at the end.

I really kind of enjoyed it, not as anything great but as a change of pace as well as one touching on running. There is 1 copy already on PBS so this will be copy 2, not expecting it to move very fast but then again don't really know either.