Wrongly accused of spying after the Iranian Revolution, Isaac Amin is tossed into prison, forcing his wife to desperately search for him.
Children of prisoners
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Author:Sofer, DaliaSummary: - Author:Kushner, RachelSummary:
It's 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility, deep in California's Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: the San...
- Author:NoNieqa, RamosSummary:
A 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection.
A 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens.Macy's school officially classifies her as "disturbed," but Macy isn't interested in how others define her. She's...
- Author:Ford, Ashley C.Summary:
Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he...
- Author:Hansen, Robin F.Summary:
A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights. One afternoon in 2016, lawyer Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line is "Jacquie"--a pregnant Indigenous woman, nine weeks from her due...
- Author:Judd, CameronSummary:
Menacing dangers spur 17-year-old Pennington Malone to grow up quickly. With his father in Leavenworth Prison, Penn travels to Dodge City packing his dad's loaded sixgun. He soon meets Jonah Littlejohn, a lanky man gifted with...
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Author:Carneson, RuthSummary:Ruth was four years old when her father was arrested for high treason and her world was turned upside-down. She grew up in constant fear of Special Branch policemen knocking on the door to arrest her mother or father, prominent South...
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Author:Rodman, SeanSummary:Will and Big O are brothers and best friends--and small-time crooks. Ever since their dad went to prison, they've been stealing to survive. On a ferry ride from the big city, they hatch a plan for one more score: they'll break into the...
- Author:Bradley, Kimberly BrubakerSummary:
*Newbery Honor Book* * Odyssey Honor Audiobook * A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of The...
