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

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Label

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

Title remainder

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

Statement of responsibility

Bryan Stevenson

Creator

• trueStevenson, Bryan

Author

• trueStevenson, Bryan

Subject

• Equal Justice Initiative -- Juvenile literature
• trueLawyers -- United States -- Biography
• Lawyers -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• trueMalicious accusation
• trueMarginalized people
• trueMinorities
• Nonfiction
• trueRacism in the criminal justice system
• trueRedemption
• Sentences (Criminal procedure)
• trueSentences (Criminal procedure)
• Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States
• Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• trueSocial advocates
• Social reformers
• trueSocial reformers -- United States -- Biography
• Social reformers -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Stevenson, Bryan
• Stevenson, Bryan
• Stevenson, Bryan -- Juvenile literature
• United States
• YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
• YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Law & Crime
• YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Social Science | Politics & Government
• Young adult literature
• Young adult nonfiction
• Adaptations
• Adaptations
• trueAlabama
• Autobiographies
• Biographies
• trueCriminal justice system
• Criminal justice, Administration of
• Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
• Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Equal Justice Initiative
• Equal Justice Initiative
• trueEquality before the law
• Equality before the law
• Equality before the law -- United States
• Equality before the law -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Instructional and educational works
• Instructional and educational works
• trueJustice
• Juvenile works
• trueLawyers
• Lawyers

Genre

• trueAdaptations
• Young adult nonfiction
• Young adult literature
• Nonfiction
• Juvenile works
• Juvenile literature
• Instructional and educational works
• trueBiography
• trueBiographies
• Autobiographies

Language

eng

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"--

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueThought-provoking
• trueInspiring
• trueImpassioned

Writing style

• truePersuasive
• trueCompelling

Award

• Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, 2019.
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2018.

Assigning source

• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Awards note

Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 12/2018.

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 340.092
• B

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

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

• 7
• 12

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile