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Dear Martin / Nic Stone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Simon & Schuster, 2018.Description: 210 pages; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781471175565 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.6
Summary: Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League - but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighbourhood 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 police officer 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.
List(s) this item appears in: GRA Shortlist 2018
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Loanable Gonzaga College S.J. Fiction extra (lower shelves) S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 012415
Loanable Gonzaga College S.J. Junior Fiction S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 012414
Loanable Gonzaga College S.J. Fiction extra (lower shelves) S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 012413

Originally published: New York: Crown Books for Young Readerss, 2017.

Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League - but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighbourhood 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 police officer 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.

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