![]() It’s through this communication that Justyce tries to help Quan gain his freedom. Through flashbacks and vignettes, both young men reveal the backstory to their friendship and how they ended up taking two different paths. Through letters, Quan rekindles his friendship with Justyce and finds within himself a desire to change the narrative for young black men like him. Quan desperately wants his freedom but doesn’t have many resources for helping him prove his innocence to gain it. ![]() Stone’s story examines the various inequities some young black men and women experience through the American juvenile justice system. He’s not perfect like his childhood friend Justyce, protagonist from Dear Martin and current pre-law student at Yale, and this distinction was an important component Stone sought to amplify after being inspired by two young fans of Dear Martin who didn’t see themselves in Justyce. ![]() Quan, first introduced in Stone’s Dear Martin, confessed to a crime he’s certain he didn’t commit. Voted as one of NPR’s Best Books of the Year, and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021, Nic Stone’s Dear Justyce ensnares readers in America’s juvenile justice system and leaves them asking what can be done to change it.Ĭan Quan overcome what so many around him could not? ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |