PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781406379846
- Categories BX, BXOS, F YA, Fiction, MS22, RM 10 - RM 19.99, Teenage / Young Adult, XX
- Author(s) Dick Lehr
- Publisher Walker Books
- Pages 336
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 19.9cm x 2cm x 12.9cm
- Weight 0.26 kg
product description
Inspired by the true story of a young man's false imprisonment for murder, this is a gripping novel about a daughter's fight for justice against the odds.
In his first book for teenagers, Dick Lehr, a former reporter for the Boston Globe's famous Spotlight Team, has re-imagined a case he investigated to create a compelling story about a daughter determined to prove her father's innocence. On a hot summer night in Boston, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl became the innocent victim of gang-related gunfire. Amid public outcry, an immediate manhunt was on to catch the murderer, and a young African-American man was quickly apprehended, charged, and - wrongly - convicted of the crime.