#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOKS EVER • The revolutionary debut novel about a young Black teen grappling with racism and police violence—and what it all means for his future.“A powerful, wrenching, and compulsively readable story that lays bare the history, and the present, of racism in America.”—JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Hollywood, Ending
“A must-read.”—ANGIE THOMAS, author of The Hate U Give
Justyce McAllister is a good kid. An honor student. Always there to help a friend.So why is he the one in handcuffs?Despite leaving his rough neighborhood, Justyce McAllister can’t seem to escape the scorn of his former peers or the attitude of his new classmates at Braselton Prep. Captain of the debate team and Ivy League–bound, Justyce has studied the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But do they hold up now? He starts a journal addressed to Dr. King to find out.
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. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. And in the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack.
WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALISTLook for more from Nic Stone:DEAR JUSTYCE • DEAR MANNY
On sale: September 4, 2018
Age: 14 and up
Grade: Grade 9 & Up
Page count: 256 Pages
ISBN: 9781101939529
Reading level: Lexile: HL720L
Nic Stone is a native of Atlanta and a Spelman College graduate. After working extensively in teen mentoring and living in Israel for a few years, she returned to the United States to write full-time.
Dear Martin, her first novel, is loosely based on a series of true events involving the shooting deaths of unarmed African American teenagers. Shaken by the various responses to these incidents—and to the pro-justice movement that sprang up as a result—Stone began the project in an attempt to examine current affairs through the lens of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachings.
You can find her fangirling over her husband and sons on Twitter and Instagram at @getnicced or on her website nicstone.info.
Praise for Dear Martin:A New York Times Bestseller!
A William C. Morris Award Finalist!
An ALAN / Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist!
A 2018 BookExpo Editors' Buzz Selection!
An Indies Introduce Selection!
A Kids' Indie Next List pick! “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 "Painfully timely and deeply moving."
–Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Raw and gripping."
–Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down "Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching. A must read!"
–Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give "Teens, librarians and teachers alike will find this book a godsend...Vivid and powerful."
–Booklist, Starred Review "A visceral portrait of a young man reckoning with the ugly, persistent violence of social injustice."
–Publishers Weekly
