When the World Turned Upside Down

Shayla is always bored in school, and she doesn’t really want to hang out with her friends Ai, Ben, and Liam. But that changes when the school closes because of a new virus. Now they are all locked up in their apartments, and Shayla starts helping Ai, Ben, and Liam. They help the neighbors. And then they hear that a lot of Black people are getting killed, and Shayla, Ben, Liam, and Ai want to make a change.

I haven’t read a book where the story happens during COVID-19 before, and it was interesting to read one. This story was all about friendship, family, and fighting for equal rights. Sometimes I lost a little interest. The characters were fun to read about, and I liked how every one of their families reacted differently to the world turning upside down.