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agree with quite a few of the other reviewers: It seems like this author tried to introduce and then resolve various plot conflicts at the same time.
. . poverty, alcoholism, theft, racism, good struggling against evil, . . and it seemed that she tried to solve them all, but they really only resolved superficially, I do believe that all readers will root for the main character, Knot, and for that reason I would like to read another book by Daugharty.
Overall, I must admit that it was not a "can'tputitdownstayuptildawn" pageturner, Thankfully it was free on Amazon! : Another Kindle freebie that turned out to be a treasure! This was a great story,

This is a coming of age story, about ayear old African American boy named Knot, who is growing up in the segregated south, in a small Georgia town in the's.
He discovers a bag of cash stolen in a bank robbery in an alley, and is overcome with happiness and terror, All that money, thousands of dollars, could buy him anything he wanted, but he is too scared to spend the money on himself, and even if he wasn't, his conscious wouldn't let him anyway.


He decides to use the money to help his neighbors instead, mailing it to them anonymously, but it bothers him that most squander the money instead of using it as he intended for example one neighbor spends it on a new bike for their son instead of a wheelchair for their handicapped daughter.
He finds that the money doesn't change most lives for the better as he had hoped, and the money becomes more and more of a burden to him.
He learns that money cannot by happiness, or morality,
This book had its pluses and minuses, On one hand, it was interesting to get a glimpse of a poor, southern, African American community in the midst of the civil rights movement.
On the other hand, so many characters remain static that there is little learned from the book, Moreover, the author's writing style is extremely uneven, At times, it's written in the vernacular of the setting, probably for effect, but at other times, is written in high language, The constant backandforth writing style made it difficult to maintain pace while reading, and I often got lost in lengthy descriptions, It was an OK book, but I'd likely not read it again, Fascinating plot. Young black boy in the early's comes into possession of a bag of hundreds ofdollar bills, He keeps the bag, but can't tell anyone he has it, so can't spend it on himself, He's dismayed that the people he secretly surprises with gifts of money don't spend it on needs, so it doesn't appear to be helping anyone.
Very wellwritten and engaging. My mind is still on it, despite finishing it hours ago, You know, I liked it,

It was a solid read, This was a book club selection, and the setting is during the Civil Rights era, and the protagonist is a young AfricanAmerican boy so, sort of a winning recipe, right

It fell flat for me.
I don't know how else to say it, I described it earlier as almost, . . formulaic.

The characters were stereotypical, people who made bad choices but with a heart of gold underneath, I cared about Knot, the main character and I rooted for him, but I could almost predict every thing that happened, It's kind of like that movie "Pay it Forward" with a different setting,

I dunno. It's a nice read, it kept me busy for a week or so, but I didn't devour it, It wasn't the kind of book that I couldn't put down, or couldn't wait to get home and read, It was to use a now completely overused term 'meh',
Set in the early's, a twelve year old black boy named Knot, finds a bag of money in an alley, Knowing the money was dropped by a bank robber, Knot makes the choice to keep the money instead of turning it into the bank, Knowing he can't spend any of the money himself without raising suspicion, he mailsbills to his neighbors that he feels are in need, Unfortunatley, his neighbors, on recieving the money, fail to spend it in the way Knot had intended, Money sent to one family to buy a wheelchair for the crippled daughter ends up being spent on a new bicycle for the brother, Money to help out other poor neighbors is spent on frivilous items such as a new tv, toys and porch furniture, Even the money mailed to his own mother, in hopes she will buy him the bicycle he dearly wants, is spent on alcohol,

Knot hoped the money would change the lives of the people in the impoverished neighborhood he lived in, but in the end, although he couldn't spend the money on himself, it was his life that ended up being changed.


I thoroughly enjoyed this book, Knot was a compelling person and I enjoyed how his character grew and changed throughout the book, I thought the other characters were wellwritten and believable, I would definatley reccommend this book to others, This coming of age story deals with race relations in thes, poverty, tragedy, and a sack of stolen money which should have transformed lives.
A little boy named Knot finds the sack of stolen money dropped by the bank robber, He secretly gives the money away to those who have great needs, but quickly realizes that the money doesnt change the lives of the recipients in the way that he had hoped.


This little boy starts out as an unwanted, neglected, child without a mother, family, or real name, but the conclusion of this tale finds not only has his name changed, but his true identity is revealed, and his character developed.
Knot sets out to improve the lives of others, He never spends any of the money on himself, but secretly hopes that as the lives of those around him improves, that their good fortune will trickle down to him like a handmedown sweater or an old bike.
Sadly, he never sees any material rewards for his efforts, but he gains something much more valuable, a true sense of identity,

The concept of the story is touching, but I found the pace of the story slow, The reader has to get to the lastchapters of the book before there is any real revelation of the impact that these experiences had on “the Little Known” who is Knot.
For me, much of the storyline was predictable and there were very few if any real surprises to the plot, Although, the author does tackle many subjects, the readers never comes away with a complete understanding concerning those involved,

I understood the concept that the author was attempting to convey with KnotturnedDavid little poor black boy overcoming Goliath racist white man who symbolizes the oppression of Blacks during the earlys.
“Knot” renamed “David” stands up to Goliath even in the face of danger, However, my problem is that the story also implies that the money doesn't truly change the lives of poor blacks there is a new basketball court in the middle of the shacks and the Church has a new piano.
However, the money changes the lives of the little white girl and her mother drastically, forever, Here is my problem with that, Knots compassion for the little white girl resulted in him giving them at least two stacks of money around. but he gave the family of the little black cripple girl only,and expected it to make a life changing difference,

Im not one to hunt for racial undertones, but the author created the storyline based upon race amp equality, So its rather obvious to an AfricanAmerican reader looking through that lens that as understanding as the author attempted to be, she neglected to avoid inequality within her own story.
Unless Blacks and Whites have equal opportunity there can be no expectation that the results will be the same,
This book was something I did not think that I would like but it was set in the late's and early's so the language is such.
The Little Known is about a young black boy everybody calls Knot, nobody knows his real name or at least it is never mentioned not even by the woman who pretended to find him in the garbage.


He wants nothing more than to be loved and to help those around him, He is a sum much greater than the parts that make him, Nothing around him is what it is supposed to be,

This is one of those books that you have to read to the end, The story is complex and nothing is gonna come easy, . This is a coming of age story where a twelve year old African American boy finds a sackful of cash from a bank robbery in the South of the sixties.
He decides that he is going to use the money to make the people's lives better in his area both black and white, He learns a hard lesson when the people that he gives the money to squanders it instead of using it to improve their lives, He wants to live with his Aunt Willie whom he thinks is rich at the end of the book because she lives in a big house, however he discovers differently by the end of the book.
A beautiful written moral tale set in the south during the turbulent's, A young black boy, Knot, discovers a bag full of stolen cash from a botched bank robbery, Since he cannot use the money himself due to moral and practical reasons, he decides to share small amounts with his needy neighbors, both black and white.
Most of the neighbors don't use it wisely and Knot learns that the money doesn't help them change their lives for the better,

Janice is a wonderful storyteller who writes of characters and landscapes that leap from the page and make you feel that you are right there with them in the story.
The story deals with Social Issues, forgiveness, racism and poverty, A very Human story with authentic people that showcases the good and evil in all of us, It is touching, gripping, tragic, and yet somehow hopeful,

Now that being said I want you to know it wasn't my sort of thing, I found it slow at times and too overly descriptive for my taste, However, it is an outstandingly beautiful story and most will enjoy it, I think it would be a fantastic addition to a public schools English curriculum, It would bring

up thousands of moral discussions and many teachable moments,

Also the copy that I was given was an ebook, and I find them extremely challenging to really get into, The ebooks I find have a less personal feeling to them and I often lose my place and feel disjointed from the story, I think this particular story would be better suited to an actual physical book which would help you to become more emotionally invested in the story.
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