This Is My America (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780593118771)

"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.

Author: Kim Johnson
ISBN-10: 0593118774
ISBN-13: 9780593118771
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 07/28/2020
Pages: 416
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509901 / This Is My America


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2020 pg. 94
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average