Reynolds, Jason, author.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015];©2015
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Notes:
- A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.
- When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn’s alternating viewpoints.
- Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2016
Subjects:
- Race relations — Juvenile fiction.
- Racism — Juvenile fiction.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement — Juvenile fiction.
- Police brutality — Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans — Juvenile fiction.
Requested by Kurpiers, R.