When Lolly and his friend are beaten up and robbed, joining a crew almost seems like the safe choice. His path isn’t clear-and the pressure to join a “crew,” as his brother did, is always there. Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward.
Lolly’s always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Then Lolly’s mother’s girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. They’re still reeling from his older brother’s death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. (Sept.A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother’s death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates community and creativity. At the same time, Moore infuses the story with hope and aspiration, giving Lolly the chance to find salvation through creativity. Debut author Moore delivers a realistic and at times brutal portrait of life for young people of color who are living on the edge of poverty. Two older boys, Harp and Gully, are hassling them, and their menacing presence escalates into an act of violence. Ali, Lolly and Big Rose, a girl with autism, begin to build “the alien metropolis of Harmonee.” Outside the safety of the rec center, life for Lolly and his best friend Vega is getting more complicated. Encouraged by the facility’s director, Mr. When Lolly’s creation outgrows his West Indian family’s Harlem apartment, he moves it to the rec center. The only thing that makes him feel better is building with Legos, and after his mother’s girlfriend, Yvonne, gives him two trash bags full of loose Legos for Christmas, he lets his imagination soar.
Wallace “Lolly” Rachpaul, 12, is still reeling from the murder of his older brother, Jermaine.
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