This Is My America
By
Kim Johnson
Read by
Bahni Turpin
Release:
07/28/2020
Runtime:
9h 35m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“A powerful story about racial injustice, featuring stunning prose.”
Paste magazine
Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
An Amazon.com Teachers' Pick
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Nominated for Florida Teens Read, 2021
Grades 9-12
Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award
2020 Oregon Spirit Book Award - Winner - Young Adult Category
Among shortlisted titles for Pacific Northwest Book Award, 2021
High School (Grades 9-12)
Nominated for Florida Teens Read, 2021
Grades 9-12
Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award
2020 Oregon Spirit Book Award - Winner - Young Adult Category
Among shortlisted titles for Pacific Northwest Book Award, 2021
High School (Grades 9-12)
"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.
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.
Release:
2020-07-28
Runtime:
9h 35m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593207932
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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