The Honeycomb by Jordan Donald
How far will you go to belong? That’s the question that plagues Jake, an athletic, reluctantly sensitive, average, white, high school student, who feels like a puzzle piece that doesn’t match. Trying to be a loyal friend, his friend Jamie’s comments on race and sexuality become harder to ignore. Then, during an English class, and under Jamie’s relentless pressure, Jake does something he will never be able to undo.
On the school football team, and surrounded by a group of friends that have been together forever, Jake seems to have what every student wants. Well, what every student thinks they want. A place they fit.
However, an intentionally disruptive decision puts Jake in close quarters with Fatiha, a victim of Jamie’s attacks. Fatiha’s profound insight, born from her experience of growing up Muslim in a white area, has Jake questioning what it means to be white, to have privilege, and to be silent.
Tension builds as Jake begins to understand why he has never felt like he belonged, and what it will take to change that. Finally discovering the courage to confront Jamie, Jake becomes Jamie’s new target.
Jake has two choices – both have a cost. Repair his friendship with Jamie, but lose who he’s becoming, or trust Fatiha and step onto a new path, risking everything he’s known.
The Honeycomb is a YA novel based on my experiences as a white Canadian discovering what it means to be truly human.
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