There is always something hard going on in a book. Any, book.

      In every book, whether it be from Green Eggs and Ham to Romeo and Juliet has some type of hard thing that is going on in the book.
      I'm currently reading a book called The Rag And Bone Shop by Robert Cormier. I just started the book so I am not to sure what to think of it yet. But I do know that there is a 12 year old kid that is being questioned for the murder of his neighbor;  Alicia. I noticed that social issues is the hard thing that is going on in the book. 

      Alicia's brother is always trying to get her very emotional, and he successfully gets the most of her. This is what caused her to feel depressed before the day she died which is pretty odd to me. Jason, the 12year old kid I was talking about, has his problems too. He has been known of crying and being by himself alot. Not having any friends. And because of this, he has decided to never cry again. This is one of the reasons he is having trouble w/ the death of a special person to him(Alicia). If he let himself cry, it would be alot easier to talk about it. 

      The detectives aren't making it any easier from him too. They are constantly on his case suspecting that he might be the murderer of Alicia. This is putting A lot of pressure on Jason even though they know that he is still only 12 years old. 

      All books have one or maybe more, hard issue that is expressed in the whole entire book. So far, I find that social issues is something that is troubling the lives of some characters in the book. 

      Until I get further into the book, I won't be able to tell if there are any other issue that is troubling the characters. But so far, I am enjoying the book.