No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row / Susan Kuklin.
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TextPublication details: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0805079505 (alk. paper)
- 9780805079500 (alk. paper)
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
No Choirboy takes readers inside America's prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices--raw and uncensored--they talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.
This is a searing, unforgettable read, and one that could change the way we think about crime and punishment.
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-205) and index.
I was a teenager on death row chapter -- The fourteen-year-old adult -- Look at me -- Hate is a killer, dialogue I -- Private with our grief, dialogue II -- Dying for legal assistance : Roy's and Mark's lawyer.
In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009