No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death row / Susan Kuklin.
In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805079500
- ISBN: 0805079505
- Physical Description: 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- I was a teenager on death row chapter -- The fourteen-year-old adult -- Look at me -- Hate is a killer, dialogue I -- Private with our grief, dialogue II -- Dying for legal assistance : Roy's and Mark's lawyer.
- Target Audience Note:
- 690L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 7 124045.
- Awards Note:
- A Junior Library Guild selection
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- 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 364 KUK (Text) | 37810434776737 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | YA 364.6 K (Text) | 39493107096416 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | YA 364.66 KUK (Text) | 540191002383452 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | YA364.66 K (Text) | 0112517044262 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | YA 364.66 KUK (Text) | 900000000220625 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | Y364.66 Kuklin (Text) | 33115006638834 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Newport | YA LAW&CRIM CRIME KUKLI (Text) | 34208201902698 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Rutherford County Library | YA 364.66 Kuk (AR) (Text) | 38801101226394 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Warren County Memorial Library | YA 364.66092 KUK (Text) | 38017000086330 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Western Watauga Branch Library | 364.66 KUK (Text) | 50502011244450 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.
