Son of the Mob

Korman, G. (2004). Son of the mob: Hollywood hustle. New York: Hyperion. Vince Luca travels cross country with his girlfriend and best friend to attend college in LA, as far away from his family as possible. His Dad is the head of the mob. For Vince this is a big problem since his girlfriend’s father is an FBI and his roommates' father is a congressman. We read about Vince’s struggles to distance himself as far from his family as possible and his father continuously tries to keep an eye out for his well being. Young adult males, ages 14-16, will enjoy reading this book because it is filled with the mob and the FBI. I didn’t enjoy reading this book as much as many of the others on the list. The short snippets of a movie scene were more of a distraction that an addition to the book. I found myself wanting to skip over them. I did appreciate the humor in the book since many of the books read have a more serious tone. Vince is trying to distance himself from his mobster father, therefore undergoing a changing relationship with his father, but also trying to develop morals and values. It has to be difficult to make the right choices when the morals and values of your father are weighing you down.