![]() ![]() ![]() 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. In David Barclay Moore's page-turning debut novel, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, Wallace 'Lolly' Rachpaul isn't even a teenager yet, but growing up in the projects of New York City has stripped him of anything resembling a normal childhood. Its not just a narrative its an experience. When Lolly’s creation outgrows his West Indian family’s Harlem apartment, he moves it to the rec center. David Barclay Moores debut, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, is the right story at the right time, and its set in the right place. 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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