2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #1 discussion

The investigation created rifts between Cork, Billy and Jorge. Billy is Anishinaabe, Jorge is Latino and Cork is part Irish and Anishinaabe. Each time, however, the boys were able to work through their issues. What was different between them and the adults?

Is it because young people are still absorbing the issues around them and have not yet built solid walls around their opinions? They can still be swayed more easily. It was very much Cork who kept them together though. You could already see the man he is going to become.

Deep down, those boys treasured their friendship more than the stuff trying to divide them. Their outlook was different in that they wanted to see a better answer. I agree, Phrynne. Their young hearts hadn’t discovered yet how to build unbreakable walls.