Over the summer I read the book Boy21 by Matthew Quick. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10 since it was great writers craft but there were just a few components that could be improved. In Boy21, Finley is a good kid living in a poor town named Bellmont ridden by racial rivalries and drugs. To get away from all the violence on the streets, Finley plays basketball with his girlfriend, Erin. Russ Allen, or "Boy21," a point guard from California whose parents were recently murdered, comes to Bellmont and turns Finleys life upside down. Now, Finley is challenged with the task of handling a mentally unstable teenager named Boy21, and he has to find what is most important in his life, Basketball or Friends.