Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice            Call #: 340 STE Stevenson, Bryan.   Series: Thorndike large print young adult series   Published 2020

The sun does shine : an innocent man, a wrongful conviction, and the long path to justice            Call #: BIO HINTON Hinton, Anthony Ray.   Sublocation: BIO Memoir   Published 2022

A mighty long way : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School            Call #: BIO LANIER LaNier, Carlotta Walls.   Sublocation: BIO Memoir   Published 2023

Scar Island            Call #: FIC GEMEINHART Gemeinhart, Dan.   Sublocation: Realistic   Published 2017   Lexile: 610L

All rise for the honorable Perry T. Cook            Call #: FIC CONNOR Connor, Leslie.   Sublocation: Realistic   Published 2017   Lexile: 540L

House arrest            Call #: FIC HOLT Holt, K. A.   Sublocation: Novel in Verse   Published 2016   Lexile: 610L

The juvie three            Call #: FIC KORMAN Korman, Gordon.   Sublocation: Realistic   Published 2008   Lexile: NC730L

Lockdown            Call #: FIC MYERS Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-   Sublocation: Realistic   Published 2011

Dear Justyce            Call #: FIC STONE Stone, Nic.   Sublocation: Realistic   Published 2020

The trouble with heroes            Call #: FIC MESSNER Messner, Kate.   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@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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