INTO the UNCUT GRASS

Trevor Noah. INTO the UNCUT GRASS. Penguin/Random, 2024.

Loaned from a book-club friend, after the success of his Born a Crime memoir. This book is hardcover. It looks like a children's book but is labeled a fable about choosing adventure. The illustrations evoke Winnie-the-Pooh, a boy and his bear, experiencing choices and having adventures as they learn life lessons. 

In one main section, I feared pages were missing. A loud growl (from a stomach that left without breakfast?) morphs into a perceived battle with an unseen foe. This would probably work if the story is being read aloud to a child as it offers an opportunity for the reader to imagine what happens. And it leaves danger/fear unspecified.

The idea of levels of moral reasoning is not explored. Decisions are about a flip of a coin and an acceptance of chance as the determinant.Again, would provide opportunities for discussion with readers of different ages. This nod to fate appears to contradict what Noah says in his memoir, how his mother taught him, through Bible study, to learn to think for himself.