When Marvin's brother, Tyler, is found dead, an online video shows he was killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean.
Police shootings
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Author:Coles, JaySummary: -
Author:Badian, Marie BeathSummary:Inspired by the 2004 death of seventeen-year-old Jeffrey Reodica by a plain-clothes police officer in Toronto, The Making of St. Jerome is a poignant look at the aftermath of a teenager's untimely death, the media's role on...
- Author:Chapman, AaronSummary:
Decades before Vancouver's sensational drug wars resulting from organized crime, street gangs--many associated with individual city parks--held sway over Vancouver's unruly east side. None was considered tougher or more feared...
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Author:Thomas, AngieSummary:Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal...
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Author:Laine, SusanSummary:What does love sound like? If you hear it, will you heed its call? Police officer Jordan Waters is recovering from a shooting by moving to a new apartment in a new town and taking a new job. In other words, he’s lonely. His first...
- Author:Butler, CaronSummary:
Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book in a new middle grade series about a young boy trying to make his mark on an AAU basketball team coached by a former NBA star in his...
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Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation unleashed on his family and community. This gripping story is about how children, families--and one...
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Author:Robert K. TanenbaumSummary:"When a black man is shot multiple times in the back on the streets of New York by an NYPD golden boy, chaos erupts throughout the city. And in an election year - a year of secret handshakes and politically motivated favors - no...
- Author:Zehanat Khan, AusmaSummary:
In Blackwater Falls, Colorado, veteran police officer Harry Cooper is hot on the heels of some local vandals when the situation turns deadly: Harry, believing one of them has a gun, opens fire and Duante Young, a young Black man, is...
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Author:Sandler, KatSummary:Lila, a young Black ex-cop, has been on leave from the police force ever since she shot an unarmed Black youth. She's moved back in with her mother, Karen, and is drinking beer for breakfast. So when Tim, a white playwright, shows...
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Author:Oshiro, MarkSummary:A story of resilience and loss, love and family, Mark Oshiro's Anger is a Gift testifies to the vulnerability and strength of a community living within a system of oppression Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an...
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Author:Gardner, LisaSummary:As he watches a potentially fatal hostage situation unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle, Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge knows that he may be all that stands between life and death. But from the moment Bobby pulls the...
