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When We Ride

by Rex Ogle

Loyalty at a dangerous crossroads

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Loyalty at a dangerous crossroads

Diego’s car becomes a point of tension between his ambitions and his loyalty to Lawson, whose drug dealing grows more dangerous over time. As the substances Lawson carries shift from weed to powder and pills, the boundary Diego draws between driving and dealing becomes harder to maintain. Set against Diego’s efforts to stay in school and leave a crumbling neighborhood, the novel brings friendship, substance abuse, and the consequences of shared choices into direct conflict. Rex Ogle presents the story as a novel in verse, with its central stakes grounded in a friendship under pressure.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about friendship and difficult choices.
  • Readers seeking young adult stories that address drug dealing and substance abuse.
  • Readers interested in novels in verse.

Themes

Friendship and loyaltyDrug dealing and substance abuseEducation and opportunityConsequences of choices

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Book overview

Diego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighborhood. That's why she gave him her car.

Diego's best friend, Lawson, needs a ride--because Lawson is dealing. As long as Diego's not carrying, not selling, it's cool. It's just weed.

But when Lawson starts carrying powder and pills and worse, their friendship is tested and their lives are threatened. As the lines between dealer and driver blur, everything Diego has worked for is jeopardized, and he faces a deadly reckoning with the choices he and his best friend have made.

Award-winning memoirist and poet Rex Ogle's searing first novel-in-verse is an unforgettable story of the power and price of loyalty.

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