Dear Martin

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The work Dear Martin represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Dear Martin

Statement of responsibility

Nic Stone

Creator

• trueStone, Nic

Author

• trueStone, Nic

Subject

• Police brutality -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBlack Lives Matter movement
• trueElectronic books
• Fiction
• trueHigh school seniors
• trueKing, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueLetters
• Letters -- Juvenile fiction
• truePolice brutality
• truePrep schools
• trueRace relations
• Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRacial profiling
• Racial profiling in law enforcement -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRacism
• Racism -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueAfrican American fiction
• trueAfrican American teenage boys
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueAfrican American fiction
• Electronic books

Language

eng

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

Theme

• trueFacing racism

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueIssue-oriented
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2018.

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.1.S7546

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

720

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adolescent