The Other Wes Moore

Written by Wes Moore

A book for readers in grades 9 and up reviewed by Patrick

    

 

The Other Wes Moore is a story about two boys who grew up in a similar neighborhood with similar situations and the same name, but had different outcomes in life. Both boys grew up in a single parent household, were consistently misbehaving, and got into trouble with the law. They were both in similar situations until one went to military school and wrote a book while the other robbed a jewelry store and went to prison.

While some parts of The Other Wes Moore were confusing due to both main characters having the same exact name, I enjoyed it. This book was fairly simple to read and was very interesting. The development for both characters was very interesting in that it showed what each character felt when they were doing both good and bad things, as well as how their actions affected them emotionally.