Dear Justyce

Title
Dear Justyce

Personal Author EPSB
Nic, Stone

Summary
Vernell Laquan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University... and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce- the protagonist of Dear Martin- Quan's story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure.

Other Title
Dear Justice

Year Published
2020

Physical Description
266 pages ; 22 cm
 
266 pages ; 20 cm

Awards
2023 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Senior nominee

Subject
Juvenile detention homes -- Fiction.
 
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
 
Best friends -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
Letters -- Fiction.
 
Young adult fiction.

Summary
Vernell Laquan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University... and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce- the protagonist of Dear Martin- Quan's story takes form. Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even Quan is sure.

ISBN
9781984829665
 
9781338838886
 
9781984829696
 
9781984829672

Publisher
New York : Crown, [2020], 2022.
 
New York : Ember, 2022.
 
©2020


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
BritanniaF STOBook30551000233862Fiction