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Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice

Title: Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice / Bryan Stevenson.
Author: Stevenson, Bryan
Publication: New York : Delacorte Press, [2018]

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Description

277 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so," Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and marginalized people. In this very personal work--proceeds of which will go to charity--Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the U.S. criminal justice system on behalf of those in society who have experienced some type of discrimination and/or have been wrongly accused of a crime and who deserve a powerful advocate and due justice under the law. Through the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), an organization Stevenson founded as a young lawyer and for which he currently serves as Executive Director, this important work continues. EJI strives to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Praise for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: "Important and compelling."--TRACY KIDDER, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains "Gripping. What hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation."--DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate "An inspiring and powerful story." --JOHN GRISHAM, author of A Time to Kill"--
"Bryan Stevenson details from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most marginalized people"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Biography.
Juvenile works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-272) and index.

Contents

Mockingbird players -- Stand -- Trials and Tribulation -- The old rugged cross -- Homeland -- Surely doomed -- Justice denied -- All God's children -- I'm here -- Mitigation -- I'll fly away -- Mother, Mother -- Recovery -- Cruel and unusual -- Broken -- The stonecatchers' song of sorrow.

Call Number

Sc D 18-681

ISBN

9780525580034
0525580034
9780525580041
0525580042

LCCN

2018015248

OCLC

1020311553

Author

Stevenson, Bryan, author.

Title

Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice / Bryan Stevenson.

Publisher

New York : Delacorte Press, [2018]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-272) and index.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc D 18-681

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