Dear Martin
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101939505
- ISBN: 9781101939499
- ISBN: 1101939494
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Physical Description:
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210 pages ; 22 cm. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Series information from Fantastic Fiction. |
Target Audience Note: | HL720L Lexile. |
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Subject: | Race relations Fiction Racism Fiction Racial profiling in law enforcement Fiction Police brutality Fiction African Americans Fiction King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Fiction Letters Fiction |
Genre: | Young adult fiction. |
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Available copies
- 47 of 49 copies available at Evergreen Indiana. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Greenwood Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 49 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Greenwood PL - Greenwood | TEEN Stone Dear Martin #1 (Text) | 36626103877577 | 1st Floor Teen Room | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Profiled by a racist police officer in spite of his excellent academic achievements and Ivy League acceptance, a disgruntled college youth navigates the prejudices of new classmates and his crush on a white girl by writing a journal to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the hopes that his iconic role model's teachings will be applicable half a century later. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook. - Baker & Taylor
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him. - Random House, Inc.
"Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down
"Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys
"A must-read!” –ANGIE THOMAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give
Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning #1 New York Times bestselling debut, a William C. Morris Award Finalist.
Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates.
Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out.
Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack.
"Vivid and powerful." -Booklist, Starred Review
 
"A visceral portrait of a young man reckoning with the ugly, persistent violence of social injustice." -Publishers Weekly