In an environment where kindness equals weakness, how do those who care survive?
A Tayshas Reading List Pick
An Β ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
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βShawn Goodman takes us inside the gritty world of our juvenile justice system with the verve of a master storyteller.β βJordan Sonnenblick, author of Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
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βA gripping story of a boyβs climb to manhood on his own terms.β βPaul Volponi, author of The Final Four
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βThe reader will be seized by [the boyβs] plight and his determination not only to survive, but to better himself.β βTodd Strasser, author of Give a Boy a Gun
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βKindness for Weakness is a daring, dazzling leap into the dark passage that is the journey to manhood.β βPaul Griffin, author of The Orange Houses
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βGripping action, gritty dialogue, vivid characters, and palpable tension permeate the brief chapters of Jamesβs powerful, honest, compelling narrative.β βSchool Library Journal