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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, Scout, as her father, Atticus Finch -- a crusading local lawyer-- risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
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Language
English
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Description
"Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a highly regarded state university, bucolic surroundings, a lively social scene, and an excellent football team, the Grizzlies, with a rabid fan base. The Department of Justice investigated 350 sexual assaults reported to the Missoula police between January 2008 and May 2012. Few of these assaults were properly handled by either the university or local authorities. In this, Missoula is also typical....
Author
Language
English
Description
"An ordinary life ... Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She has a good job as a defense attorney, a daughter doing well in school, and even her divorce is relatively civilized--her life is just as unremarkable as she'd always hoped it would be. Hides a devestating past ... But Leigh's ordinary life masks a childhood which was far from average ... a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and finally...
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A white girl is raped in Sacramento's Chinatown, but she refuses to talk or submit to a physical examination. The case is given to Chinese-American prosecutor Joshua Jin, while the defense is headed by a woman who is Jin's former lover.
Publisher
West Avenue Films
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
The true story of the 1999 case of an exotic dancer who was allegedly raped at a Florida fraternity house. Features exclusive interviews with the accuser and the accused fraternity brothers, along with the controversial and explicit footage of that night's events.
Author
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"After ten years' absence and a spell in prison, Carl Burns has returned to his hometown of Rose City to offer support to his estranged daughter Kate, currently one of four witnesses testifying against former Mayor Joseph Sanderson III, who stands accused of multiple counts of underage rape. Carl is determined to get justice for Kate, whatever it takes. But with his former sister-in-law Frances his only ally, he finds himself incurring the wrath of...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"In 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Alabama. The young men were accused of crimes they did not commit, including rape. This unjust arrest led to years of imprisonment and trials for the young men, who were known as the Scottsboro Boys. The Scottsboro Boys examines their legacy and how their trials shaped the criminal justice system" --
8) Lucky
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Joseph Beck heard the stories--when other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended a black man charged with raping a white woman. Now a lawyer himself, Beck reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias, a trial that was much publicized when Harper Lee was twelve years old"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
"El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras el defiende el verdadero ruisenor de la novela clasica de Harper Lee un hombre negro acusado de violar a una nina blanca. A traves de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la decada de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia...
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