703 E Churchville Road


Bel Air, MD 21014

Dear Marcus,

I enjoyed reading about your experiences through the good and bad times with Eddie. My name is Benden and I go to John Carroll and like basketball. I live in Whitehall Maryland. I know your past few months have been very eventful and so have mine. I went on vacation three times. I went to Ocean City Maryland, Deep Creek Lake, and Myrtle Beach. I also went white water rafting.

I thought your experiences were unfortunate but u handled them well. I wouldn’t have been able to handle them as well as u did. Eddie was very self centered but you were still a good friend to him. I would have taken him to jail with me but you stayed cool and took the blame and let him off the hook. I admire you for that.

I thought the writing style that was used in your novel was very suspenseful. Also it was very realistic I felt like I was kind of a third leg to you and Eddie as you went through the book.

Every page made me want to read on to see what was on the next. The events and characters all felt real to me.

I have some questions for you that I was wondering the entire book. Why didn’t you turn in Eddie? Why didn’t you just confess what happened right away and get less jail time? When you had to leave the game and go to jail why didn’t you call for Eddie? Why didn’t you want him to come and save you? How did you feel being in jail? Were you scared?

Reading the novel makes me think of the criminal justice system as a bad place. I know that in your time and today there is sometimes racial discriminates in the criminal justice system and some minorities get the bottom hand just because you are not white. There are some unfair situations between black and white people and most readers will realize this and understand that we are equals.

I hope that when you receive this letter you have turned you life around for the better. I think that you would be better off just working for money and not pulling stick ups. You have real potential it sounds like you could even go pro but not if you keep doing stuff like this. I have a lot of hope for you

Your Friend,



Brenden