Dodgers, Beverly - B

                                                                       This intriguing novel is about a handful of LA gangbangers sent on a cross-country mission to kill a witness in Wisconsin. The boss tells them to buy some Dodger kit because white people like the Dodgers, and it'll help them fit in better. The primary character is East, short for Easton, a very serene and careful about-to-be 16 year old. He's engaging, charming and has never left the LA ghetto. The book is fun and insightful, although I wish the author had spent more time in the ghetto, instead of the Midwest.