by Nic Stone · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781101939499
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«Dear Martin» is the young adult novel by Nic Stone, published by Crown Books for Young Readers in hardback (224 pages, in English).
Justyce McAllister, a brilliant African American student from a poor neighbourhood, is stopped by the police without cause and realises that racism does not care about merit. To sort out his thoughts, he writes letters to Martin Luther King Jr. When an altercation with a white off-duty police officer endangers his best friend, Justyce ends up at the centre of a media storm.
First instalment of the Dear Martin series and Nic Stone's literary debut. Finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award and the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award.
For young people and adults who want a realistic, contemporary novel about racism, identity and social justice in the United States.
Andrea Nicole Livingstone, known as Nic Stone, is an American author of young adult fiction and middle grade fiction, best known for her debut novel Dear Martin and her middle grade debut, Clean Getaway. Her novels have been translated into six languages.
