If You Knew My Name is a hard-hitting YA Novel about a young man going through a horrific event. Mason starts his senior year on a brand-new high to fall to his lowest depths. Forced into a class he doesn't want to be in and stuck in an event he's only ever read about. The only answer he has is to rap his way to justice. Which on paper sounds kind of crazy but it works really well with Carter writing here. Most of what Carter does is spectacular especially for the age range they are trying to reach.

However, a book like this does come with it faults. Most of the characters come off as flat or trying too hard. This is a problem I find in most YA now-a-days. With a story like this that made me cry really early into it I had higher hope. Every subject - which there is a lot - is talked about beautifully for the most part. It brings up important questions that I feel like most High Schoolers should be asking. And situation that are sadly too real. 

I couldn't recommend more.