Book Review of ‘Clean Getaway’ - Chapter book by Nic Stone

Written By: Gideon Weisen

‘Clean Getaway’ is a chapter book by Nic Stone.  The story is about a boy named William “Scoob” Lamar and his G’ma traveling across America in 2018 to finish a trip G’ma tried to take when she was younger, but never finished. This all happened because Scoob got into trouble at school for accidentally showing someone how to edit computer scores and getting into a fight.  I finished the book and I recommend it because it shows how in the past Black and White people were treated differently. Because his G’ma passes away, Scoob eventually finishes the trip with his Dad. The reader eventually learns that G’ma’s trip was never finished because her husband was arrested for crimes she committed, because he was Black and G’ma was White. Scoob makes peace with his father for the mischief he didn’t mean to cause, and is left to think about the injustices of the past.