Book Review

Walter Dean Myers wrote the book The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner in a thrilling way. It shows the life of a teenager having problems dealing with his grandfather’s death. He finds out who committed the murder and he decides to go out and kill him. He realizes that his grandfather left a map with a treasure, but the man who killed him also has a copy of the map. Living his house without has been as tough as the lost of his grandfather. When he heard about the news of the murder, he felt terrible; he wanted to destroy the guy who did it so that’s why he starts his journey.

On this journey, he meets a friend named Frolic. Frolic is a young Cherokee, who has no place to go, so he decides to accompany Artemis. They start their journey, hopping for success. Artemis Bonner is a character that feels pain and regret for not doing anything to stop the murder. He is the kind of person that thinks that all is his fault, so his taking responsibility of the murder and fixing it.

Dealing with a death of any family members really affects you and your family. Artemis looks for revenge instead of staying sad and depressed. Revenge is not a good thing to do because it might end the wrong way and get hurt also. The author in this story describes a revenge well organized, but some difficulties appear in their way.