In 'Green,' A Pre-Teen Wisens Up To His Privilege
Author Sam Graham-Felsen was the chief blogger for the Obama campaign in 2008. His debut novel is a coming-of-age story that grapples with race in America.
It's 1992. Your hair is gelled up, you're sporting high-tops and maybe still listening to Run DMC on cassette.
That's the setting for Sam Graham-Felsen's Green, a new coming-of-age novel that's also a look at race in America. It follows a friendship between two adolescent boys in Boston — one black and one white.
"The narrator is a 12-year-old boy named Dave Greenfeld," Graham-Felsen says. "... He's one of
