Everything you need to understand or teach Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley.
Easy's "real war" is the moral and philosophical soul-searching he goes through in Pariah. It takes him from naive perceptions of truth to adult realizations about survival in an imperfect world. Gone Fishin' is Easy's philosophical coming-of-age story, but readers familiar with the mystery series will find the typical introspection about moral complexities that a racist situation renders harder to resolve. Easy dates the outset of his spiritual journey from his father's disappearance...