Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System

From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace comes "an eye-opening, fully humanizing, deeply affecting look at the often-misunderstood juvenile justice system and its inhabitants-young people of earnestness, disappointment, hope, and resilience" (Booklist, starred review).

For many kids, a mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen-often resulting from external factors coupled with a biologically immature brain-can resonate through the rest ...