This Is My America
"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 row. After 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 D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.
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State Awards
Arkansas
2021-2022, Arkansas Teen Book Award, Nominee
Florida
2021-2022, Florida Teen Reads, Nominee
Kansas
2020, Kansas NEA Reading Circle, Selection
Louisiana
2022-2023, Louisiana Reader’s Choice, Nominee
Mississippi
2022, Magnolia Book Award, Nominee
Missouri
2022, Gateway Readers Book Award, Nominee
Oklahoma
2022, OLA Sequoyah Book Award Masterlist, Nominee
Oregon
2022, Oregon Spirit Book Award, Winner
South Carolina
2022, South Carolina Book Awards, Nominee
Tennessee
2021-2022, Volunteer State Book Award, Nominee
Texas
2021, Spirit Of Texas , Selection
Wisconsin
2020, Wisconsin State Reading Association Recommends List, Selection
