Dear Martin
By (Author) Nic Stone
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
1st June 2018
3rd May 2018
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
813.6
Paperback
224
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
'Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching!A must-read!'Angie Thomas, author ofThe Hate U Give
Painfully timely and deeply moving, this is the novel the next generation should be reading Jodi Picoult
Justyce's story is earnest, funny, achingly human, and unshakably hopeful. I am forever changed. Becky Albertalli, author ofSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
'Raw and gripping'Jason Reynolds,author of LongWay Down
'A powerful, wrenching, and compulsively readable story that lays bare the history, and the present, of racism in America'John Green, author ofThe Fault in our Stars
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Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone boldly tackles American race relations in this #1 New York Timesbestselling novel.
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 wayup, 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.
Return to the world of Dear Martin in the stunning NEW novel from Nic Stone, Dear Justyce. Available now!
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Nic Stoneis a native of Atlanta and a Spelman College graduate. After working extensively in teen mentoring and living in Israel for a few years, she returned to the United States to write full-time.Dear Martin,her first novel, is loosely based on a series of true events involving the shooting deaths of unarmed African American teenagers. Shaken by the various responses to these incidents--and to the pro-justice movement that sprang up as a result--Stone began the project in an attempt to examine current affairs through the lens of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s teachings. You can find her fangirling over her husband and sons on Twitter and Instagram at @getnicced or on her website nicstone.info.