[CASL-L] book recommendations

Shannon McNeice shannon_mcneice at whps.org
Fri Feb 6 04:48:02 PST 2026


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Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for
justice
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=397730&walkerID=1770381425707>

   [image: Book]   Call #: 340 STE Stevenson, Bryan.
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  Series: Thorndike large print young adult series
  Published 2020



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The sun does shine : an innocent man, a wrongful conviction, and the long
path to justice
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=412142&walkerID=1770381481635>

   [image: Book]   Call #: BIO HINTON Hinton, Anthony Ray.
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  Sublocation: BIO Memoir
  Published 2022

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A mighty long way : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High
School
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=418544&walkerID=1770381481635>

   [image: Book]   Call #: BIO LANIER LaNier, Carlotta Walls.
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  Sublocation: BIO Memoir
  Published 2023
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Scar Island
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=249723&walkerID=1770381878640>

   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC GEMEINHART Gemeinhart, Dan.
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  Sublocation: Realistic
  Published 2017
  Lexile: 610L
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All rise for the honorable Perry T. Cook
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=280585&walkerID=1770381639660>

   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC CONNOR Connor, Leslie.
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  Sublocation: Realistic
  Published 2017
  Lexile: 540L
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House arrest
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=249418&walkerID=1770381749874>

   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC HOLT Holt, K. A.
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  Sublocation: Novel in Verse
  Published 2016
  Lexile: 610L
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The juvie three
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=84535&walkerID=1770381749874>

   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC KORMAN Korman, Gordon.
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  Sublocation: Realistic
  Published 2008
  Lexile: NC730L
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Lockdown
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=225779&walkerID=1770381749874>

   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC MYERS Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
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  Sublocation: Realistic
  Published 2011

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Dear Justyce
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   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC STONE Stone, Nic.
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  Sublocation: Realistic
  Published 2020
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The trouble with heroes
<https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=431153&walkerID=1770381843035>

   [image: Book]   Call #: FIC MESSNER Messner, Kate.
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  Sublocation: Novel in Verse
  Published 2025


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On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM Musket, Kimberly via CASL-L <
casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> I am looking for book recommendations for eighth grade for a unit about
> justice. The books really need to talk about a court trial or trouble with
> police or juvenile detention. We are mostly looking for fiction but some
> nonfiction would be great, too.
>
> Thank you
> Kim
>
>
> Kim Musket
> School Librarian
> James H. Moran, Sr. Middle School
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