"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin

The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.

Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death rowAfter seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy''s older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl.

Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town''s racist history that still haunt the present?

Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany DJackson, and Jason Reynolds won''t want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.


Format Häftad Omfång 416 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Random House USA Inc Utgivningsdatum 2022-05-17 ISBN 9780593118795