The story itself is, in the author's own words, "about seventy-eight percent true." and deals with so many issues prevalent in today's world, includinThe story itself is, in the author's own words, "about seventy-eight percent true." and deals with so many issues prevalent in today's world, including alcohol, death, racism, and many of the problems that we face while growing up. Perhaps the idea that stuck to me more than any was the idea of being a 'race traitor', and what that term entails. ...more