![]() The world of preadolescents is as passionate and intense, if not more so, as that of adults. The tragedy of Othello is vividly transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington school, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. When Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl, the school and its key players-teachers and pupils alike-will never be the same again. But one boy, used to holding sway in the world of the schoolyard, can’t stand to witness the budding relationship. ![]() ![]() “O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.”Īrriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote-“O” for short-knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day, so he is lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. ![]()
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