Two boys, two lives. All American Boys tells the tale of Rashad Butler, an African American teenager, and Quinn Collins, a white teenager, experiencing two polar opposite events with opposite views, yet ending up with the same outcome. All American Boys, by Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds, is a realistic-fiction book about life struggles, overcoming them, and standing up for what you believe in. Rashad Butler and Quinn Collins go through traumatic events in their school, social, and personal lives. This book touches on themes of violence, racial discrimination, and stereotypes.  These experiences cause many problems in Rashad and Quinn's lives. By the end of the story, through many hardships and rough events, Rashad and Quinn meet the same outcome through everything. 

Kiely and Reynold's style was very unique since they wrote the book in multiple first-person (POV’s). Every time they switched chapters to a different character, it felt as though I was completely reading a new book, but in an amazing way. They did a great job of hooking the reader in every chapter, and this made the book hard to put down. Rashad and Quinn were both very dynamic and round characters who faced serious problems that had a great impact on the story. I really enjoyed this book. Due to the vulgar vocabulary and language, this book is geared toward young adults who are mature enough to handle the words and racial conflicts in this book, and I would definitely recommend it to people that fit that category.