American Freak Book Review
American Freak from The Young Saints Series by Jim Alexander Rice is about three guys who do what a lot of us would like to do: clean up the crime in America. Miles Seymour Dane is our narrator through the escapades of three young men over a year of “citizen’s arrests,” thousands of dollars of reward money and good intentions gone wrong. Miles, Herb and E.R. decide to go after the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Each chapter is a written account of events of each capture. Miles has an exceptionally high IQ and has a photographic memory and little respect for authority. He seems to always look for trouble. Herb’s technology know-how and ability to get just about anything contributes greatly in their searches. E.R. is the muscle. When I first started this book, I had the image of a Law and Order episode. Miles recounts the date, time and place of every capture. Due to his photographic memory, if Miles mentions something like a song he cites the author and year. This is done pretty...