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"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system. Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present? Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.
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“An incisive condemnation of the racist criminal justice system, mass incarceration, and capital punishment…A necessary add to all shelves.”
— Shelf Awareness
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“A powerful story about racial injustice, featuring stunning prose.”
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“Harrowing and worthwhile; a call-to-action from the anti-racist insights of a generation of Black activists.”
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“Powerful…a timely testimony that echoes the social realities behind today’s #BlackLivesMatter protests.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“An incredible and searing examination of the often-tragic collision of racism and a flawed criminal justice system. Read and reread.”
— Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin
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Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
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An Amazon.com Teachers' Pick
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An NPR Best Book of the Year
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About Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson is the author of This Is My America, her debut novel that explores racial injustice against innocent Black men who are criminally sentenced and the families left behind to pick up the pieces. She She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Maryland, College Park. She has held leadership positions in social justice organizations as a teen and in college. She is a college administrator who maintains civic engagement throughout the community while also mentoring Black student activists and leaders. She is also the graduate advisor and member of a historically Black sorority.
About Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and several prestigious Audie Awards for her narrations, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. Publishers Weekly magazine named her Narrator of the Year for 2016. She is an ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company in Los Angeles. She has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, Cold Case, What about Brian, and The Comeback. Film credits include Brokedown Palace, Crossroads, and Daughters of the Dust. She is also a member of the recording cast of The Help, which won numerous awards.