A must read!' –Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give 'Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching. 'Raw and gripping.' –Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down 'Painfully timely and deeply moving.' –Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author “A powerful, wrenching, and compulsively readable story that lays bare the history, and the present, of racism in America.” –John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down 'A visceral portrait of a young man reckoning with the ugly, persistent violence of social injustice.' - Publishers WeeklyĪn ALAN / Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist! 'Vivid and powerful.' -Booklist, Starred Review

In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs.

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 cop beside them. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend-but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning #1 New York Times bestselling debut, a William C. 'A must-read!” –ANGIE THOMAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give 'Raw and gripping.' –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys 'Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down

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