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One of the great pleasures of Ahgottahandleonit is how familiar the story is, yet how it breaks new ground for the current generation of high school students, particularly those who might find themselves in a similar situation to the main character, Tim Thornton.
A good deal more than a cautionary tale, Ahgottahandleonit will appeal to anyone who is interested in contemporary life in inner cities. Using techniques like texting, and drawing on the great African-American tradition of oral recitation of poetry, the author Donovan Mixon offers those of us who forget or fail to imagine how much emotional chatter passes through our telecommunication portals. Ahgottahandleonot offers a powerful look at the tools youth uses to express how they feel.
The story is demarcated by the geography of adolescence. Tim, his friends and enemies, wander and run streets with critical landmarks like the basketball court, public parks, and of course, the high school.
Tim seems to be running much of the time because his frenetic energy is a reflection of his inability to concentrate in school, a common issue among adolescence more interested in hoops and weightlifting than the ABC. Tim also has unrecognized dyslexia, and this is where the story of this intelligent, indeed romantic man/child begins in humiliation. Unable to understand a sign that says asphalt (he thinks it says as halt), Tim steps in the asphalt, loses his shoe and is cornered by a gang led by Maurice. He has nowhere to run. They give him a beating because his sister Sheila has told Maurice that Tim said, he was going to ‘kick his ass.’ Tim also runs because he’s trying to escape the world he’s found himself him.
For Tim doesn’t seek the trouble that finds him and has a sense of right and wrong that compels him to act when necessary. When he sees that Chucky, a friend of friends, has taken a middle schooler’s hat and skateboard, he makes Chucky give it back. We don’t see Tim exhibit this sort of kindness often—which is most certainly at the core of who he is—because of the demons pursues and eventually empowers him through an act of rage to plot his revenge. Tim takes on everyone he knows that he believes played a part in making him less than a man.
Tim Thorton must enter this tunnel to come out the other side because this is the tale of how Timmy Thornton becomes Tim Thornton. If you live in Thorn Town, the affliction causing the pain must be removed from the paw for the child to grow into a man.
In a broad sense, Ahgottahandleonit is a socio-cultural look into the problems of a good kid beset by the problems in his family, neighborhood and the greater society at large. This is where Mixon the educator comes in. He mentions Trayvon Martin and “the talk” that every family has with their sons about the police. He discusses how one of Tim’s father Victor’s brothers was tied behind a car by his feet and dragged for miles—this is evidently based on a true story. Of course, anyone familiar with The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson will recognized these horrific stories carefully rendered in even greater detail, which in no way lessens the importance of Mixon’s work here, which is the right length for his intended audience.
Generally, Mixon keeps the tone relatively understated. I think this is great for I am a believer in the show-don’t tell school. If there is a weakness in this novel it is where the teacher Mr. Jones starts lecturing Tim (and us). I understand the editorial is in this book because of the intended audience, but I believe it could have been an even stronger piece if such chat had been left out.
Ahgottahandleonit is a welcome addition to both adolescent and adult literature. It is an incredibly hard task to write a wise, complex story for high school students. Even if they are “ordinary,” which is to say facing problems that high school students from a very different social/economic circumstance also face, the point about dyslexia is well taken. Young people in poorer school districts usually do not have the support system in place for something like dyslexia to root out what is troubling them before their life is changed by the decisions they have made.
Ahgottahandleonit offers an exciting, contemporary approach to a story that needs to be told by every generation. By binding a readable, fast moving plot to deeper questions about family and society, the author Donovan Mixon gives young people the opportunity to see themselves and their lives. Though this is a story of bullies, humiliation, revenge and redemption, it also shows that the transition from adolescence to adulthood occurs when young people take responsibility for their actions. Vivid, at times funny and engrossing to read, Ahgottahandleonit is a wise, compassionate look into the lives of teenagers and the difficult decisions they must make.


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Ahgottahandleonit Donovan Mixon Books Reviews

This is the author's first novel, and it is an excellent start. The story of an African-American adolescent, Tim, who is faced with the trials that are so common to marginalized young people in America, rings true and throbs with life on every page. I think it deserves a place in every high-school library in the country, because it will surely speak to the numerous young adults who are having to live with the same almost unbearable pressures as Tim, and who each day face the tough decisions and challenges he does as a troubled teen who was born into a tough, gangland environment.
As an upper middle-class white woman (also “of a particular age”), I found the narrative so outside my own experience that it was hard to relate. I particulary thought the incident between teacher and main character virtually unimaginable, at the time of reading -- until I learned this came from the author's own experience! My high school education took place in a private girl’s school where one had to stand when an adult or teacher came into the room! In the lower school, where my sister attended, students were required to curtsey! But throughout, I found Mixon's writing, his choice of words and the descriptions to be quite beautiful, rewarding, in fact. I was immensely moved by his Author’s Note, at the end of the book. And I was touched by the narrative, even though it was stretch. But we need to stretch. We need to see the waste that is going on before our eyes. I should be particularly attuned to waste because of someone in my very own family.
One of the great pleasures of Ahgottahandleonit is how familiar the story is, yet how it breaks new ground for the current generation of high school students, particularly those who might find themselves in a similar situation to the main character, Tim Thornton.
A good deal more than a cautionary tale, Ahgottahandleonit will appeal to anyone who is interested in contemporary life in inner cities. Using techniques like texting, and drawing on the great African-American tradition of oral recitation of poetry, the author Donovan Mixon offers those of us who forget or fail to imagine how much emotional chatter passes through our telecommunication portals. Ahgottahandleonot offers a powerful look at the tools youth uses to express how they feel.
The story is demarcated by the geography of adolescence. Tim, his friends and enemies, wander and run streets with critical landmarks like the basketball court, public parks, and of course, the high school.
Tim seems to be running much of the time because his frenetic energy is a reflection of his inability to concentrate in school, a common issue among adolescence more interested in hoops and weightlifting than the ABC. Tim also has unrecognized dyslexia, and this is where the story of this intelligent, indeed romantic man/child begins in humiliation. Unable to understand a sign that says asphalt (he thinks it says as halt), Tim steps in the asphalt, loses his shoe and is cornered by a gang led by Maurice. He has nowhere to run. They give him a beating because his sister Sheila has told Maurice that Tim said, he was going to ‘kick his ass.’ Tim also runs because he’s trying to escape the world he’s found himself him.
For Tim doesn’t seek the trouble that finds him and has a sense of right and wrong that compels him to act when necessary. When he sees that Chucky, a friend of friends, has taken a middle schooler’s hat and skateboard, he makes Chucky give it back. We don’t see Tim exhibit this sort of kindness often—which is most certainly at the core of who he is—because of the demons pursues and eventually empowers him through an act of rage to plot his revenge. Tim takes on everyone he knows that he believes played a part in making him less than a man.
Tim Thorton must enter this tunnel to come out the other side because this is the tale of how Timmy Thornton becomes Tim Thornton. If you live in Thorn Town, the affliction causing the pain must be removed from the paw for the child to grow into a man.
In a broad sense, Ahgottahandleonit is a socio-cultural look into the problems of a good kid beset by the problems in his family, neighborhood and the greater society at large. This is where Mixon the educator comes in. He mentions Trayvon Martin and “the talk” that every family has with their sons about the police. He discusses how one of Tim’s father Victor’s brothers was tied behind a car by his feet and dragged for miles—this is evidently based on a true story. Of course, anyone familiar with The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson will recognized these horrific stories carefully rendered in even greater detail, which in no way lessens the importance of Mixon’s work here, which is the right length for his intended audience.
Generally, Mixon keeps the tone relatively understated. I think this is great for I am a believer in the show-don’t tell school. If there is a weakness in this novel it is where the teacher Mr. Jones starts lecturing Tim (and us). I understand the editorial is in this book because of the intended audience, but I believe it could have been an even stronger piece if such chat had been left out.
Ahgottahandleonit is a welcome addition to both adolescent and adult literature. It is an incredibly hard task to write a wise, complex story for high school students. Even if they are “ordinary,” which is to say facing problems that high school students from a very different social/economic circumstance also face, the point about dyslexia is well taken. Young people in poorer school districts usually do not have the support system in place for something like dyslexia to root out what is troubling them before their life is changed by the decisions they have made.
Ahgottahandleonit offers an exciting, contemporary approach to a story that needs to be told by every generation. By binding a readable, fast moving plot to deeper questions about family and society, the author Donovan Mixon gives young people the opportunity to see themselves and their lives. Though this is a story of bullies, humiliation, revenge and redemption, it also shows that the transition from adolescence to adulthood occurs when young people take responsibility for their actions. Vivid, at times funny and engrossing to read, Ahgottahandleonit is a wise, compassionate look into the lives of teenagers and the difficult decisions they must make.