Novel dear martin6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It's well-written, honest, and a gut punch that leaves readers thinking about it for weeks after reading it. From seeing the micro-aggressions and posttraumatic stress brought on by a frightening encounter with the police, to experiencing the everyday details of first relationships and parental expectations, readers slip easily into Justyce's mind and feelings, truly going on this journey with him.ĭear Martin is told in an alternating mix of third-person narration, script-like dialogues, and letters to Martin Luther King Jr. ![]() Stone moves beyond character archetypes into fully realized humans with a depth and fragility that's sometimes lost in current-events novels. Dear Martin author Nic Stone manages not only to maintain the characters' humanity in what could easily become a paint-by-number pulled-from-the-headlines story, but also breathes a realness into each character so they become just like people readers already know. was a prominent activist and preacher during the Civil Rights Movement. Endearing and painfully realistic, this could be a news story any day in America. Nic Stone is a New York Times Best Selling Author whose work I first experienced when I read her debut YA novel, Dear Martin in 2017. After a traffic stop turns violent at the hands of the police, a young Black teen grapples with racismand what it means for his future. ![]()
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