TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stone,Nic
TI  - Dear Martin
SN  - 1101939494 (hardcover)
AV  - PZ7.1 .S7546 De 2017
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Books for Young Readers
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Letters
KW  - Police brutality
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Racial profiling in law enforcement
KW  - Racism
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Contemporary realistic fiction
KW  - local
N1  - HL720L; Lexile; Accelerated Reader; UG; 4.8; 6; 192070
N2  - 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 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
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