[CASL-L] book recommendations

Tracy Earnshaw tearnshaw at rsd13.org
Fri Feb 6 05:57:38 PST 2026
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What a great list!  I second *Just Mercy*.  My daughter's whole class read
it in 7th grade.  She thought it was very good.


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On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM Shannon McNeice via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
wrote:

> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=STEVENSON+BRYAN&searchDisplayable=Stevenson%2C+Bryan.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Series: Thorndike large print young adult series
>   Published 2020
>
>
>
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=HINTON+ANTHONY+RAY&searchDisplayable=Hinton%2C+Anthony+Ray.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: BIO Memoir
>   Published 2022
>
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=LANIER+CARLOTTA+WALLS&searchDisplayable=LaNier%2C+Carlotta+Walls.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: BIO Memoir
>   Published 2023
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=GEMEINHART+DAN&searchDisplayable=Gemeinhart%2C+Dan.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Realistic
>   Published 2017
>   Lexile: 610L
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=CONNOR+LESLIE&searchDisplayable=Connor%2C+Leslie.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Realistic
>   Published 2017
>   Lexile: 540L
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=HOLT+K+A&searchDisplayable=Holt%2C+K.+A.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Novel in Verse
>   Published 2016
>   Lexile: 610L
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=KORMAN+GORDON&searchDisplayable=Korman%2C+Gordon.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Realistic
>   Published 2008
>   Lexile: NC730L
> [image: Cover image]
> 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-
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=MYERS+WALTER+DEAN+0000001937&searchDisplayable=Myers%2C+Walter+Dean%2C+1937-&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Realistic
>   Published 2011
>
> [image: Cover image]
> Dear Justyce
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presenttitledetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&bibID=398066&walkerID=1770381817314>
>
>    [image: Book]   Call #: FIC STONE Stone, Nic.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=STONE+NIC&searchDisplayable=Stone%2C+Nic.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Realistic
>   Published 2020
> [image: Cover image]
> 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.
> <https://whps.follettdestiny.com/cataloging/servlet/presentbrowseheadingdetailform.do?siteTypeID=-2&searchType=author&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=0&searchKey=MESSNER+KATE&searchDisplayable=Messner%2C+Kate.&fromTitleDetails=true>
>   Sublocation: Novel in Verse
>   Published 2025
>
>
> Sedgwick Middle School Library
> <https://sites.google.com/whps.org/sedgwicklibrarylearningcommons>
> Instagram @sedglibrary <https://instagram.com/sedglibrary/>
>
>
> 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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