Dear Justyce Paperback – January 4, 2022 by Nic Stone

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Author: Stone Nic

Color: Silver

Package Dimensions: 14x210x245

Number Of Pages: 288

Release Date: 04-01-2022

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An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed,  #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. An incarcerated teen writes letters to his best friend about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.

An unflinching look into the tragically flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system.

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.

“A powerful, raw, must-read told through the lens of a Black boy ensnared by our broken criminal justice system.”
-Kirkus,
Starred Review
Review
Praise for DEAR JUSTYCE:

An NPR Best Book of the Year!

A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year!

”
An unforgettable tour de force of social-justice and activist literature.” —
Booklist, starred review

”
A powerful, raw must-read told through the lens of a Black boy ensnared by our broken criminal justice system.” —
Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Stone tackles the American juvenile justice system and its unjust persecution of Black boys in this
gritty, powerful sequel to
Dear Martin.” —
Publishers Weekly, starred review

”
This book expands the conversation about systemic racism to include young men of color who don’t fit the demands of respectability politics…. A nuanced perspective on the juvenile justice system.” —
SLJ“[An]
emotionally intense follow-up to the William C. Morris Debut Award finalist
Dear Martin.” —
Shelf Awareness

“Teens can relate to the feelings of alienation, loneliness, and confusion that lead Quan to make many of the choices that he does, even as the book
explores the various ways our current justice system disenfranchises young people of color.” —
The Horn Book

“
[This] layered, painfully timely sequel about racism, police brutality, and incarceration will hit you hard.” —
Hello Giggles

Praise for DEAR MARTIN:

“Powerful, wrenching.” —John Green, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Turtles All the Way Down

”
Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching. A must read!” —Angie Thomas, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
The Hate U Give

“Raw and gripping.” —Jason Reynolds,
New York Times bestselling author of
Long Way Down
About the Author
Nic Stone is an Atlanta native and a Spelman College graduate. After working extensively in teen mentoring and living in Israel for several years, she returned to the United States to write full-time. Nic’s debut novel for young adults,
Dear Martin, was a
New York Times bestseller and William C. Morris Award finalist. She is also the author of the teen titles
Odd One Out, a novel about discovering oneself and who it is okay to love, which was an NPR Best Book of the Year and a Rainbow Book List Top Ten selection, and
Jackpot, a love-ish story that takes a searing look at economic inequality.

Clean Getaway, Nic’s first middle-grade novel, deals with coming to grips with the pain of the past and facing the humanity of our heroes. She lives in Atlanta with her adorable little family. Find her online at nicstone.info or @nicstone.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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Doomed
Vernell LaQuan Banks Jr. remembers the night everything changed. He’d fallen asleep on the leather sectional in Daddy’s living room while watching Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (the movie), and was dreaming about Count Olaf–who’d go