The Reformatory

This book was honestly almost more than I could take! The author manages to capture the time and social injustice quite well (as far as I, a 22-year-old white woman from Europe can tell), and tells a compelling and highly emotional story about a boy who is sent to the "reformatory". I also really enjoyed the way the haints (ghosts of the boys who died there) were portrayed and incorporated into the story, it really made me get a sense of just how bad this place really is. As an elder sister I really felt with Gloria, doing everything in her power to free her younger brother, it made me a liiittle bit emotional (yes, I cried a few times). All in all, I really recommend this book, BUT only for more thick-skinned readers!