In the first chapters of the book Coming of Age,A.J. . a black student causes an accident in the chemical course and his coursemate Ruthie was injured in this accident. Because A.J. had cause this accident he had to drive Ruthie home . But there is a problem named Erika. Erika ( the girlfriend of A.J.) is veary jealous because she has heard that her boyfriend had been seen with another girl and she wants to find out who this girl is.
After some time Erika knows which of the black students at the school is Ruthie and she has trouble at home with her mother beceause she thinks that her mother do not like her because of her half-black skin ( Erikas mother is a white person, but erikas father is a black person) . Later in chapter 5 Bill ( another student ?) is giving a party at his home and to make A.J. jealous Erika starts kissing another guy and because of this A.J. is jealous and he starts kissing another girl ( Trina) . And in chapter 6 Ruthie has trouble with her mother because she did not want to go to the church anymore. This is my summary of the chapters 1-6 . I did not understand why Erika is so jealous because of Ruthie and I think that she is a little bit grazy and that she and her girlfriends always wants to have trouble with other students. I also think that racism is an important theme in this book and I think that the book is easy to read and interesant.
